Two new species ofEpimerellaKulijev, 1967 (Acari, Oribatida, Epimerellidae) from Turkey

Oppioid oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Erciyes Mountain (Kayseri, Turkey)

“…Family Epimerellidae Ayyıldız andLuxton, 1989 Genus Epimerella Kulijev, 1967 Epimerella subiasi Toluk and Ayyıldız, 2008 Measurements: Body length 244-280, width 129-138 (n=10).…”

Contribution to The Knowledge of Carabodid Oribatid Mites (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) of Turkey, With Ecological And Zoogeographical Remarks

“…Oribatid mites constitute one of the most important groups of organisms in taxonomic, ecological and zoogeographical aspects due to their presence in almost all kinds of habitats and biogeographic regions, high adaptability, slow movement, strong interaction with microenvironments and their roles in soil structure and decomposition process (Gergócs andHufnagel 2009, Schuppenhauer et al 2019). Since the 1980's, Ayyıldız and his collaborators have made a significant contributions to the knowledge of the oribatid mite fauna of Turkey (Ayyıldız 1989, Ayyıldız and Luxton 1989a, 1989b, 1990, Baran and Ayyıldız 2008, Toluk et al 2008, Toluk and Ayyıldız 2009a, 2009b, 2011Baran et al 2009, 2012, Ayyıldız et al 2016, Toluk 2016, Susyal et al 2018, Ay and Ayyıldız 2019a, 2019b. So far, the number of known species and subspecies of oribatid mites in Turkey is 245 (Baran et al 2018).…”

Oribatid mite fauna (Acari) of Çat Forest, Sivas Province, Turkey

“…Oribatid mites (including Astigmata) are represented by 16 197 species and 2 399 genera within 249 families (Schatz et al, 2011) and this number is continuously increasing. More than 200 species of this suborder have been recorded from Turkey (Erman et al, 2007;Toluk & Ayyildiz, 2008a, 2009Toluk et al, 2008). Research of the oribatid mites in Turkey goes back to the 1980s.…”