Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) Fauna of Surrounding Maçka (Trabzon) District

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 114 - 123, 27.04.2015

Kemal Kurt

https://doi.org/10.17714/gufbed.2015.05.010

Abstract

In this study, the samples collected from the land studies, between June 2013 and September 2014 in Maçka (Trabzon) district, were evaluated systematically. As a result of these evaluations, 19 species belonging to 4 families were determined. These taxa: Dicranolasma giljarovi Šilhavý, 1966; Giljarovia tenebricosa Redikorzev, 1936; Histricostoma caucasicum (Redikorzev, 1936); Mitostoma gracile (Redikorzev, 1936); Paranemastoma sp.; Vestiferum alatum Martens, 2006; Vestiferum funebre (Redikorzev, 1936); Lacinius erinaceus Staręga, 1966; Mitopus morio (Fabricius, 1779); Odiellus zecariensis Mcheidze 1952; Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952; Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778); Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1761; Rafalskia olympica olympica (Kulczyński, 1903); Rilaena ermani Kurt, 2015; Rilaena zakatalica Snegovaya, Chemeris, 2005; Rilaena triangularis (Herbst, 1799); Zachaeus crista (Brullé‚ 1832); Nelima pontica Charitonov, 1941 were recorded in the study area for the first time. This species was given distribution in the world and Turkey.

Keywords

Fauna, Harvestmen, Maçka (Trabzon), Opiliones, Systematics, Turkey

Maçka (Trabzon) ilçesi ve çevresinin otbiçen (Arachnida: Opiliones) faunası

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Maçka (Trabzon)  ve çevresinden 2013 yılının Haziran ayından başlayarak 2014 yılının Eylül ayına kadar yapılan arazi çalışmaları sonucunda toplanan örnekler sistematik açıdan değerlendirildi. Bu değerlendirme sonucunda 4 familya ait toplam 19 takson tespit edildi. Bu taksonlar: Dicranolasma giljarovi Šilhavý, 1966, Giljarovia tenebricosa Redikorzev, 1936, Histricostoma caucasicum (Redikorzev, 1936), Mitopus morio Fabricius, 1779), Mitostoma gracile (Redikorzev, 1936), Lacinius erinaceus Staręga, 1966, Odiellus zecariensis Mcheidze 1952, Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952, Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778), Paranemastoma sp., Phalangium opilio Linnaeus, 1761, Rafalskia olympica olympica (Kulczyński, 1903), Rilaena ermani Kurt, 2015,  Rilaena zakatalica Snegovaya, Chemeris, 2005, Rilaena triangularis (Herbst, 1799), Vestiferum alatum Martens, 2006, Vestiferum funebre (Redikorzev, 1936), Zachaeus crista (Brullé‚ 1832), Nelima pontica Charitonov, 1941 araştırma alanından ilk kez kaydedildi. Bu türlerin dünya ve Türkiye’deki dağılımları verildi.

Keywords

Fauna, Maçka (Trabzon), Opiliones, Otbiçen, Sistematik, Türkiye

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