The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey) Author Dönel, Güldem Author Doğan, Salih text Zootaxa 2011 2942 1 56 journal article 46470 10.5281/zenodo.201260 0eb19db3-fa04-4020-a586-e7105a276df9 1175-5326 201260 Eustigmaeus rhodomela (Koch) Celaeno rhodomela Koch, 1841 . Raphignathus patrius Berlese, 1885 . Raphignathus rhodomela (Koch) Oudemans, 1897 . Ledermülleria patrius (Berlese) Oudemans, 1923 . Ledermülleria maculatus (Schrank) Oudemans, 1928 . Ledermülleria rhodomela (Koch) Oudemans, 1928, 1937 ; Summers & Price, 1961 : 377 . Ledermuelleria rhodomela Summers & Price, 1961 : 377 ; Wood, 1972a : 312 . Eustigmaeus fani Doġan, 2005 : 854 (synonymy by Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007 ). Eustigmaeus rhodomelus Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, 1999 : 143 . Eustigmaeus rhodomela Wood, 1973 : 86 ; MacLean, Behan & Fjellberg, 1978 : 563 ; Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007 : 150 . Materials examined. 1 Ƥ from soil under Salix sp., 40°17'29'' N , 37°46'08'' E , 621 m , between Koyulhisar- Reşadiye, 24 VII 2007 ; 20 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from moss on Pinus sp. trunk, 40°16'58'' N , 39°35'35'' E , 1814 m , Köse Mountain, 21 IX 2007 ; 2 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from litter under Crataegus monogyna , 40°03'53'' N , 38°35'27'' E , 1306 m , Gölova, 22 IX 2007 ; 2 ƤƤ from moss near the brook, 40°13'33'' N , 38°50'32'' E , 1503 m , between Çamoluk-Alucra, 22 IX 2007 ; 5 ƤƤ, 1 protonymph Ƥ, 1 3 from moss on soil, 40°18'02'' N , 38°18'29'' E , 1820 m , Şebinkarahisar, 22 IX 2007 ; 9 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ, 1 3 from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'45'' N , 38°50'23'' E , 1809 m , between Gölova-Alucra, 24 XI 2007 ; 6 ƤƤ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'17'' N , 37°53'52'' E , 764 m , Koyulhisar, 30 V 2008 ; 2 ƤƤ from moss near the brook, 40°14'55'' N , 38°49'54'' E , 1757 m , between Çamoluk-Alucra, 31 V 2008 ; 6 ƤƤ from moss on soil, 40°17'08'' N , 39°35'28'' E , 1789 m , Köse Mountain, 31 V 2008 ; 1 Ƥ from moss and grassy soil near the brook, 40° 16' 15'' N , 39°37'43'' E , 1745 m , Köse Mountain, 29 VIII 2008 ; 1 Ƥ, 1 3, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from moss on stone, 40°17'22'' N , 39°35'35'' E , 1804 m , Köse Mountain, 29 VIII 2008 ; ZMAU . Distribution. Austria , Canada , Germany , Greece , Italy , Turkey and U.S.A. (Koch 1841; Franz & Beier 1948 ; Summers & Price 1961 ; Gerson 1972 ; Wood 1972a , 1973 ; MacLean et al . 1978; Kapaxidi & Papadoulis 1999 ; Doġan 2005 ; Faraji et al . 2007). Remarks. This species can be distinguished from known species by the shape of the dorsal ornamentation, the presence of humeral callosities and seta 4a , the shape of setae c 2, and the number of aggenital setae. General features of our specimens are as in the other specimens of the species.