A new species of the genus Favognathus (Acariformes: Cryptognathidae) from Turkey, with some taxonomic comments on other members of the genus

Abstract

In this study; (1) A new species, Favognathus rosulatus sp. nov., from Turkey is described. (2) Favognathus dakotaensis is recorded for the first time from Turkey. (3) Two species (Favognathus aegyptiaca comb. nov. and Favognathus rosetta comb. nov.) previously described from Egypt are transferred from Cryptognathus to Favognathus. (4) It has been determined that the names of Favognathus agapictus proposed by Flechtmann (1971) and Favognathus dama proposed by Chaudhri et al. (1979) are not taxonomically valid according to International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN). The works of Flechtmann (1971) and Chaudhri et al. (1979) are not to be regarded as published for the purposes of zoological nomenclature according to ICZN, and the names of F. agapictus and F. dama in these works are regarded as nomina nuda. (5) It is considered that the specimens given under the name of Favognathus orbiculatus by Bagheri et al. (2015) from Iran should be transferred to Favognathus kamili.

Keywords

• Mite
• taxonomy
• invalid name
• new combination
• new record
• new species
• Pülümür Valley
• Turkey

Türkiye’den yeni bir Favognathus (Acariformes: Cryptognathidae) türü ve cinsin diğer üyeleri hakkında bazı taksonomik yorumlar

Öz

Bu çalışmada, (1) Türkiye’den Favognathus rosulatus sp. nov. türünün tanımı yapılmıştır. (2) Favognathus dakotaensis türünün Türkiye’den ilk kaydı verilmiştir. (3) Daha önce Cryptognathus cinsine ait olan ve Mısır’dan tanımlanan iki türün (Favognathus aegyptiaca comb. nov. ve Favognathus rosetta comb. nov.) Favognathus cinsine dâhil edilmesi uygun görülmüştür. (4) Flechtmann (1971) tarafından verilen Favognathus agapictus ile Chaudhri vd. (1979) tarafından verilen Favognathus dama isimlerinin Uluslararası Zoolojik İsimlendirme Yasası’na (ICZN – International Code of Zoological Nomenclature) göre taksonomik olarak geçerliliğinin olmadığı belirlenmiştir. Flechtmann (1971) ve Chaudhri vd. (1979), ICZN'ye göre zoolojik isimlendirme amacıyla yayımlanmış sayılmamalıdır ve bu çalışmalarda geçen F. agapictus ve F. dama çıplak isimler olarak kabul edilmelidir. (5) Bagheri vd. (2015) tarafından İran’dan kaydedilen Favognathus orbiculatus türünün Favognathus kamili türüne aktarılması uygun görülmüştür.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Akar
• taksonomi
• geçersiz isim
• yeni kayıt
• yeni kombinasyon
• yeni tür
• Pülümür Vadisi
• Türkiye

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