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Contributions to the knowledge of the mite genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Turkey

Meryem BİNGÜL, Salıh DOĞAN & Sibel DİLKARAOĞLU

en European Journal of Taxonomy 2017 (307) - Pages 1-16 (EJT-307)

Published on 03 April 2017

Based on the mite specimens collected within the scope of a study on Erzincan (Turkey) mite biodiversity, two species of the genus Stigmaeus are described and illustrated here: S. bifurcus sp. nov. as new to science and S. miandoabiensis Bagheri & Zarei, 2012 as a new record for Turkey. Some morphological abnormalities in the new species are noted. The deutonymph of S. miandoabiensis is described for the first time in this study. Discovery of this stage from soil and litter under Pinus sylvestris in Turkey adds more data to our knowledge of the species.


Keywords:

Mite, taxonomy, Stigmaeus, new species, new record, description, Turkey.

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