Two new records for the mite (Acariformes, Oribatida) fauna of Türkiye from Kayseri and Osmaniye provinces

Abstract

The oribatid mite taxa, Carabodes (Carabodes) coriaceus Koch, 1835 and Scutovertex alpinus Willmann, 1953 collected from the Olukbaşı Plateau (Osmaniye) and the Derevenk Valley (Kayseri), were determined as new records for the Turkish acarofauna. The morphological features of the related species were reviewed on the basis of the collected specimens, and their known distributions were also given.

Keywords

• Acari
• distribution
• morphology
• Carabodes
• Scutovertex

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