A checklist of the water mites of Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with description of two new species Author Erman, Orhan Author Pešić, Vladimir Author Esen, Yunus Author Özkan, Muhlis text Zootaxa 2010 2624 1 48 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.198186 05f1d9c0-cb7c-49ad-a0b1-8dbee74a9095 1175-5326 198186 Nilotonia ( Dartiella ) turcica Özkan & Soysal, 1989 Records from Turkey : Erzurum Province (Özkan & Soysal 1989); Kayseri Province ( Özkan et al. 1996 ). Remarks: Panesar (2004) included Nilotonia turcica in the subgenus Dartia . However according to Di Sabatino et al . (2010) the lacking of the sexual dimorphism of II-L (characteristic for the subgenus Dartiella ) is of a greater taxonomic weight, while the reduced size of the Ac may have more easily evolved several times independently. Habitat: Weakly seeping helocrenes, rich in moss vegetation. Distribution: Turkey .