Known and newly recorded Gymnodamaeid mites (Acari, Oribatida, Gymnodamaeidae) from Kızılcahamam, Turkey

Abstract

Gymnodamaeid mites collected from Kızılcahamam district are evaluated from systematic viewpoint to contribute to the knowledge of the Turkish soil mite fauna. Two species were recorded namely: Gymnodamaeus bicostatus (Koch, 1835) and Joshuella meyeri (Bayartogtokh and Schatz, 2009) from an old pine forest. The first species was formerly recorded from Erzurum and Bolu provinces of Turkey, the second species is recorded from Turkey for the first time outside the type locality (Austria) in the world.