New records of oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) for the Turkish fauna 1 Türkiye faunası için yeni oribatid akarlar (Acari, Oribatida)

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SummarySeven known oribatid mite species viz. Nothrus silvestris Nicolet, Hermanniella multipora Sitnikova, Licnobelba caesarea (Berlese), Jacotella frondeus (Kulijev), Adoristes (Gordeeviella) krivolutskyi Shtanchaeva, Subías & Arillo, Autogneta (Rhaphigneta) flagellata (Mahunka) and Phauloppia lucorum (Koch), are recorded for the first time from Turkey. The morphological features of species mentioned here have been presented with SEM photographs, and their zoogeographical distributions are given. Key to the species for each genus is also given.

In this study, the oribatid mite fauna of Çat Forest, Sivas Province, Turkey extracting mites from soil, litter, moss, lichen and tree bark samples taken from 368 different localities in 2014 were investigated. Twenty-four species from 23 genera and 17 families of oribatid mites were found. Among them, two genera (Bipassalozetes, Metabelba) and eight species [

Three new species of oribatid mites of the family Oppiidae Sellnick, 1937, Rhinoppia exobothridialis sp. nov., Rhinoppia emarginata sp. nov. and Oppiella (Perspicuoppia) turcica sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on adult specimens collected from Artvin Province, Turkey. Diagnoses for the genera and an identification key for the species of Oppiella (Perspicuoppia) are provided.