New records of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) for the Turkish fauna

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the Turkish oribatid mite fauna. The material is composed of oribatid mite collected from Artvin province (Turkey) in the years 1992 and 1993. Two oribatid mite species, Cepheus heterosetosus (Sitnikova, 1975) (Compactozetidae) and Chamobates (Xiphobates) voigtsi (Oudemans, 1902) (Chamobatidae), are recorded for the first time from Turkey. Their morphological characters are reviewed on the basis of Turkish samples. In addition, their zoogeographical distributions are given.

Keywords

• Cepheus,Chamobates (Xiphobates),new records,Oribatida,Turkey

Türkiye faunası için yeni oribatid akarlar (Acari, Oribatida)

Öz

Bu makalenin amacı Türkiye oribatid akar faunasına katkı sağlamaktır. Materyal, 1992-1993 yıllarında Artvin (Türkiye) ilinden toplanan oribatid akarlardan oluşmaktadır. İki oribatid akar türü Cepheus heterosetosus (Sitnikova, 1975) (Compactozetidae) ve Chamobates (Xiphobates) voigtsi (Oudemans, 1902) (Chamobatidae) Türkiye’de ilk kez kaydedilmiştir. Bu türlerin morfolojik özellikleri Türkiye örnekleri temel alınarak gözden geçirilmiş ve ilaveten zoocoğrafik dağılışları verilmiştir. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Cepheus,Chamobates (Xiphobates),yeni kayıtlar,Oribatida,Türkiye

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