Investigations on oppioid oribatid mites of Amanos Mountains (Turkey)

Abstract

In this study; the oppioid mites, collected from the southern part of the Amanos Mountains in 2012, 2016 and 2017 years, were evaluated taxonomically. Standard methods for the extracting, fixing, preserving of oribatid mites from the material collected were used. The identification of mites was made based on light and scanning electron microscope studies and literature. In conclusion; totally 7 taxa of oppioid mites representing three families, Epimerellidae Ayyildiz and Luxton, 1989, Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937 and Quadroppiidae Balogh, 1983 were determined. These are namely Epimerella smirnovi longisetosa Kulijev, 1967, Discoppia (Cylindroppia) cylindrica cylindrica (Pérez-Íñigo, 1965), Rhinoppia (R.) heterotricha (Ivan and Vasiliu, 1997), Moritzoppia unicarinata unicarinata (Paoli, 1908), Oppiella (O.) nova uliginosa (Willmann, 1919), Ramusella (Rectoppia) mihelcici (Pérez-Íñigo, 1965), Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia) michaeli michaeli Mahunka, 1977 and recorded for the first time in Turkey.

Keywords

• Oribatid mites,Oppioidea,taxonomy,new records,Amanos Mountains,Turkey

Amanos Dağları’nın oppioid oribatid akarları üzerine araştırmalar

Öz

Bu çalışmada; 2012, 2016 ve 2017 yıllarında Amanos Dağları’nın güney kesiminden toplanan oppioid akarlar taksonomik bakımdan değerlendirilmiştir. Toplanan materyalden akarların özütlenmesi, tespiti, muhafazası ve preparasyonunda bilinen yöntemler kullanılmıştır. Akarların tanısı, ışık ve tarama elektron mikroskobu incelemeleri ve literatüre dayanarak yapılmıştır. Sonuç olarak; Epimerellidae Ayyıldız and Luxton, 1989, Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937 ve Quadroppiidae Balogh, 1983 familyalarına ait toplam 7 oppioid akar taksonu tespit edilmiştir. Bunlar Epimerella smirnovi longisetosa Kulijev, 1967, Discoppia (Cylindroppia) cylindrica cylindrica (Pérez-Íñigo, 1965), Rhinoppia (R.) heterotricha (Ivan and Vasiliu, 1997), Moritzoppia unicarinata unicarinata (Paoli, 1908), Oppiella (O.) nova uliginosa (Willmann, 1919), Ramusella (Rectoppia) mihelcici (Pérez-Íñigo, 1965) ve Quadroppia (Coronoquadroppia) michaeli michaeli Mahunka, 1977 olup, Türkiye’den ilk defa kaydedilmişlerdir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Oribatid akarlar,Oppioidea,taksonomi,yeni kayıtlar,Amanos Dağları,Türkiye

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