Contributions to the fauna of the Turkish oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Rize province

Abstract

In this study, oribatid mites extracted from soil and litter samples taken from different localities of Rize province in 2019 were evaluated. Four oribatid taxa belonging to the families Trhypochthoniidae, Microzetidae, Crotoniidae and Ceratozetidae were identified. One family (Microzetidae), one subgenus (Latilamellobates) and four taxa Trhypochthonius silvestris europaeus, Microzetes (Microzetes) caucasicus, Camisia (Camisia) biverrucata, Trichoribates (Latilamellobates) algarvensis are newly recorded in Türkiye. Diagnostic features, ecology and biogeographical distribution of each taxon are given with the addition of SEM photographs.

Keywords

• Distribution
• ecology
• new record
• taxonomy
• Türkiye

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