A Long-Legged Mite Species from Turkey: Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Shaw) (Acari: Cheyletidae)

Year 2019, Volume: 12 Issue: 1, 136 - 147, 24.03.2019

Salih Doğan , Burcu Kabasakal Sibel Doğan

https://doi.org/10.18185/erzifbed.430043

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Cheyletid mites (Acari: Cheyletidae) have
economic importance as they are biological control agents as well as parasitic. The genus Cheletonella
Womersley, belonging to this family, is recognized by having unusually long legs I that allows them to capture their
prey. This genus currently comprises four valid species including Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Shaw). In
this species palp tibial claws normally bear one large basal tooth in female,
one to four teeth in male. In the Turkish specimens, this character shows unilateral and bilateral numerical variations:
Each palp tibial claw bears three teeth in one male whereas one tooth in other
two males, in one female right tibial claw bears two teeth while one tooth on
that of left side. Palpal claws in other female are normal. C.
lepidopterorum is one of the most striking of the cheyletids
and has a cosmopolitan
distribution. It has
already been reported from Turkey by some authors, but none of them has given
neither morphological
characteristics of the species nor its description. In the this study, a re-description
of this species based on two females and three male specimens collected
in a straw sample from Şiran, Gümüşhane, was given. Also, other morphological
variations observed in this species were discussed based on literature.

Keywords

Predatory mite, Cosmopolitan, Asymmetry, Variation, Intraspecific, Turkey

Türkiye’den Uzun Bacaklı Bir Akar Türü: Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Shaw) (Acari: Cheyletidae)

Abstract

Cheyletid akarlar (Acari: Cheyletidae) biyolojik
kontrol etmeni ve parazit olmaları nedeniyle ekonomik öneme sahiptirler. Bu
familyaya ait olan Cheletonella Womersley cinsi, avlarını yakalamada görev alan, olağandışı uzunluktaki
birinci çift bacakları ile tanınmaktadırlar. Bu cins günümüzde Cheletomorpha lepidopterorum (Shaw)’un
da dâhil olduğu dört türden oluşmaktadır. Normal olarak, bu türün dişilerinde
palp tibiya tırnağı büyük bir bazal diş taşımaktadır, erkeklerinde ise bu
dişlerin sayısı bir ile dört arasında değişmektedir. Türkiye örneklerinde bu
karakter bir taraflı ve iki taraflı sayısal varyasyonlar göstermektedir. Bir
erkekte palp tibiya tırnaklarından her biri üçer diş taşırken, diğer iki erkek
bireyde birer diş bulunmaktadır. Bir dişide sağ tibiya tırnağı iki diş
taşırken, sol tarafta bir diş bulunmaktadır. Palp tibiya tırnakları diğer
dişide ise normaldir. C. lepidopterorum
cheyletidler içerisinde en dikkat çekici türlerden biridir ve kozmopolit bir
dağılıma sahiptir. Bu türün daha önce birkaç yazar tarafından Türkiye’den kaydı
verilmiş, fakat bu araştırmacıların hiçbiri bu türün ne morfolojik
özelliklerini ne de tanımını vermiştir. Bu çalışmada, türün, Gümüşhane Şiran’dan
toplanan saman örneklerinden elde edilen iki dişi ve üç erkek bireyi üzerinden yeniden
tanımı yapılmıştır. Ayrıca bu makalede bu türle ilgili diğer
morfolojik varyasyonlar literatüre dayalı olarak gözden geçirilmiştir.

Keywords

Avcı akar, Kozmopolit, Asimetri, Varyasyon, İntraspesifik, Türkiye

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