Two new records of the genus Hydryphantes (Acari: Hydrachnidia) for the Turkish Fauna

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 44 - 47, 29.01.2019

Yunus Esen , Abdullah Mart , Orhan Erman

Abstract

Two species of the genus Hydryphantes Koch, 1841 collected from Bayburt and Bingöl
Provinces, Hydryphantes (s.str.) armentarius Gerecke, 1996 and H. (s.str.) fontinalis Sokolow, 1936 are given as new records for the Turkish
fauna.

Keywords

Hydryphantes, Turkey, new record, water mite

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