Mites of the family Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Southwestern Turkey, with description of three new species

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 89 - 103, 28.07.2022

Kamil Bilki Raşit Urhan , Mehmet Karaca

https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1129248

Cited By: 4

Abstract

The diversity of zerconid mites was examined in the Marmaris National Park, which is located in Muğla province at southwestern Turkey, for a period of twelve months between May 2020 and April 2021. Ten Zerconidae species were found in the study area, three of which belonging to the genus Prozercon and remaining seven species belonging to the genus Zercon. Among them, three new species of the genus Zercon, Z. dogani sp. nov., Z. marmarisensis sp. nov. and Z. muglaensis sp. nov. were described and illustrated. Also, altitute and habitat preferences of all zerconid mites collected from the study area were presented and a key to the species was given.

Keywords

Zerconids, altitude, habitat, preference, key, Marmaris National Park, Muğla province

Supporting Institution

Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)

Project Number

118Z101

Thanks

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to TÜBİTAK for their financial support to this study. Also, we are grateful to the “Republic of Turkey Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks” that provided the necessary permissions for field surveys. This paper was prepared based on first author’s M.Sc. thesis.

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