A new record for the mite fauna of Turkey: Molothrognathus shirazicus (Acari: Caligonellidae) and the first description of its protonymph

Abstract

Molothrognathus shirazicus Khanjani, Bakhshi and Khanjani, 2016 is founded for the first time from Turkey and new report to the mite fauna of Turkey. The female and protonymph specimens of the species are collected from soil and litter under Pinus brutia, P. nigra, Olea europaea, Paliurus spina-christi, Pistacia terebinthus and Verbascum sp., Afyonkarahisar, Manisa, İzmir and Antalya provinces, Turkey. Also, the protonymph stage of M. shirazicus is described for the first time in this study. A key to all known species of the genus Molothrognathus of Turkey is given.

Keywords

• Prostigmata
• Rhagnathoidea
• Molothrognathus
• new report
• Turkey

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