Author:
URHAN RAŞİT,DURAN ELİF HİLAL
Abstract
The zerconid mites collected from Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya and Uşak provinces between February 2014 and August 2016 are evaluated and the following species are recorded: Zercon afyonensis, Z. alattini, Z. anatolicus, Z. arslani, Z. beleviensis, Z. burdurensis, Z. cabylus, Z. carpathicus, Z. cokelezicus, Z. colligans, Z. delicatus, Z. denizliensis, Z. domanicensis, Z. ekizi, Z. emirdagicus, Z. hispanicus, Z. huseyini, Z. inonuensis, Z. insperatus, Z. juvarae, Z. karacamehmeti, Z. laczii, Z. longisetosus, Z. magdae, Z. marinae, Z. mehmeturhani, Z. osmaneliensis, Z. plumatopilus, Z. quadricavum, Z. similifoveolatus, Z. soguticus, Z. tefenniensis, Z. turcicus, Z. yusufi, Prozercon balikesirensis, P. banazensis, P. denizliensis, P. bulbiferus, P. erdogani, P. graecus, P. morazae, P. plumosus, P. tragardhi and P. yavuzi. Of these, Z. hispanicus was recorded as a new record for Turkey. The measurements of 44 species and their geographic distributions are are given, and their altitude and habitat preferences of zerconid species are presented.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics