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Two New Species and a New Record of Oppioid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Turkey

  • 1. Sakarya Univ, Arts & Sci Fac, Dept Biol, TR-54187 Sakarya, Turkey
  • 2. Erciyes Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, TR-38039 Kayseri, Turkey
  • 3. Middle E Tech Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Biol, TR-06530 Ankara, Turkey

Description

Two new species Oppiella (Perspicuoppia) ozkani sp. n. and Epimerella ankaraensis sp. n. are recorded from Aegean region of Turkey (Izmir province) and pine forest in the province of Ankara in Turkey, respectively. The principal diagnostic features of the new species Oppiella (Perspicuoppia) ozkani sp. n. are shape of notogastral crista and humeral process and shape of costula. The new species Epimerella ankaraensis diferentiated from the other species of genus by entire rostrum. This is the first records of subgenus Subiasella (Dividoppia) of oppiid mites from Turkey. Subiasella (Dividoppia) aperta (Mahunka, 1987) recorded from Eastern Anatolian region of Turkey (Erzurum province) and redescribed.

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