A New Record of Genus Stigmaeus (Acariformes: Stigmaeidae) from Türkiye

Year 2025, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 19 - 23, 27.06.2025

Mustafa Akyol

https://doi.org/10.18466/cbayarfbe.1582494

Abstract

Stigmaeus canestrinii Stathakis, Kapaxidi and Papadoulis, 2019 is founded for the first time from Türkiye and new report the mite fauna of Türkiye. Mites taken from soil and litter samples under Oleae europaea (Oleaceae) Manisa province, Türkiye. S. canestrinii is redescribed and illustrated based on the adult female.

Keywords

Acari , new report , Stigmaeus canestrinii , Raphignathoidea , Türkiye

References

• [1]. Santos, MA, Laing, JE. Stigmaeid predators. In: Helle, W. and Sabelis, M.W. (eds.), Spider Mites, Theirs Biology, Natural Enemies and Control. Vol. 1B. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1985; pp. 197-203.
• [2]. Gerson, U, Smiley, RL, Ochoa, R. Mites (Acari) for Pest Control. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 2003; 539 pp.
• [3]. Fan, Q-H, Zhang, Z-Q. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Fauna of New Zealand 52. Manaaki Whenua Press, 2005; 400 pp.
• [4]. Fan, Q-H, Flechtmann, CHW. Stigmaeidae. In: Carrillo, D., Moraes, G.J. de and Peña, J. (eds.), Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms. Chapter 7, Springer, NY, 2015; pp. 185-206.
• [5]. Fan, Q-H, Flechtmann, CHW, De Moraes, DJ. 2016. Annotated catalogue of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with a pictorial key to genera. Zootaxa, 4176: 1-199.
• [6]. Khaustov, AA. 2023. A new species and two new records of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Russia. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 28(11):1789-1802
• [7]. Koç, K, Ayyıldız, N. 1997. Stigmaeid mites new to the Turkish fauna (Acari, Prostigmata, Stigmaeidae). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 21 (4): 445-459.
• [8]. Doğan, S, Ayyıldız, N. 2003. Stigmaeus kamili, a new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from Turkey with new data of other stigmaeid mites. Archives des Sciences, 56 (1): 1-10.
• [9]. Doğan, S. 2003. A new species and two new records of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. International Journal of Acarology, 29 (4): 381-387.
• [10]. Doğan, S. 2019a. A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. International Journal of Acarology, 45 (3): 141-147.
• [11]. Doğan, S. 2019b. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Turkey: A review of progress on the systematics, with an updated checklist. Acarological Studies, 1 (2): 129-151.
• [12]. Koç, K. 2005. Two new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Archives des Sciences, 58 (1): 43-48.
• [13]. Akyol, M, Koç, K. 2007. Four new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Archives des Sciences, 60: 41-50.
• [14]. Dönel, G, Doğan, S. 2011. The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey). Zootaxa, 2942: 1-56.
• [15]. Özçelik, S, Doğan, S. 2011. A systematic investigation on stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Uzunoluk Forest (Erzurum, Turkey). Turkish Journal of Entomology, 35 (4): 699-719. [In Turkish]
• [16]. Dönel, G, Doğan, S, Sevsay, S, Bal, DA. 2012. Two new mite species of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 36: 585-591.
• [17]. Uluçay, İ. 2015a. Stigmaeus ceylani, a new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Turkish Journal of Entomology, 39 (1): 35-46.
• [18]. Uluçay, İ. 2015b. Two new records of the genus Stigmaeus (Acari: Trombidiformes: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Persian Journal of Acarology, 4 (3), 287-295.
• [19]. Uluçay, İ. 2015c. Two species of stigmaeid mites from Turkey: Eryngiopus coheni Vacante and Gerson, 1987 and Stigmaeus berwariensis n. sp. (Acari: Stigmaeidae). International Journal of Acarology, 41 (3): 214-219.
• [20]. Doğan, S, Bingül, M, Dilkaraoğlu, S, Fan, Q-H. 2015a. Description of a new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey, with a list of described species in the world. International Journal of Acarology, 41 (4): 290-299.
• [21]. Doğan, S, Sevsay, S, Ayyıldız, N, Özbek, HH, Dilkaraoğlu, S, Erman, O, Aksoy, H. 2015b. The mite fauna of Ekşisu Marshes in Erzincan (Turkey). Turkish Journal of Zoology, 39 (4): 571-579.
• [22]. Doğan, S, Doğan, S, Erman, O. 2017. Description of five new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Zootaxa, 4276: 451-478.
• [23]. Bingül, M, Doğan, S, Dilkaraoğlu, S. 2017. Contributions to the knowledge of the mite genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Turkey. European Journal of Taxonomy, 307: 1-16.
• [24]. Akyol, M. 2019. A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from the Aegean region of Turkey. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24 (4): 581-586.
• [25]. Akyol, M. 2021. Two New Records of Stigmaeid Mites (Acari: Stigmaidae) for the Turkish Fauna. KSÜ Tarım ve Doğa Dergisi, 24 (2): 430-434.
• [26]. Akyol, M. 2023. Stigmaeus quercus (Acari: Stigmaeidae), a new species from Manisa province, Türkiye. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 28 (2): 167-172.
• [27]. Doğan, S. & Doğan, S. 2020a. A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Pülümür Valley (Turkey). Acarological Studies, 2(1): 41-45 (In Turkish).
• [28]. Doğan, S, Doğan, S. 2020b. Newly recorded stigmaeid mites (Acariformes: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) for the fauna of Turkey. Acarological Studies, 2(2): 94-118 (In Turkish).
• [29]. Doğan, S, Doğan, S. 2021. Stigmaeus exilis, a new fusiform species of Stigmaeus Koch (Acariformes: Stigmaeidae) from Sansa, Turkey. Persian Journal of Acarology, 10(1): 19-28.
• [30]. Erman, O, Doğan, S, Ayyıldız, N, Özkan, M. 2024. Checklist of the mites (Acari) of Türkiye. Third supplement. Acarological Studies, 6 (2): 81-111.
• [31]. Kethley, J. Acarina: Prostigmata (Actinedida). In: Soil Biology Guide. Dindal, D.L. (Ed.). Wiley, New York, 1990, 667-756.
• [32]. Grandjean, F. 1944. Observations sur les acariens de la famille des Stigmaeidae. Archives des Sciences physiques et naturelles, 26: 103-131.
• [33]. Stathakis T., E.V. Kapaxidi, G.T. Papadoulis. 2019. The genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Greece. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 24(11): 2010–2093.