The first records of two cheyletid mites from Turkey: Chelotomimus (Hemicheyletia) wellsi (Baker, 1949) and Hypopicheyla elongata Volgin, 1969 (Acari: Cheyletidae)
Author
An, S. Do Ğ
Author
Ayyildiz, N.
text
Zootaxa
2004
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157915
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157915
Hypopicheyla elongata
Volgin, 1969
(
Figs. 3–10
;
Table 1
)
Examined materials –
Two females from soil and litter under
Populus
sp., Gelinkaya village,
Il
₁ca, Erzurum (
40°01’ N
,
40°55’ E
),
30. X. 1999
, coll., S. Doğan.
Distribution —
Murmansk, Chitinsk, Kamchatsk and Primorsk region, and
Estonia
,
Russia
; California,
U.S.A.
(
Volgin 1969
,
Summers & Price 1970
); and
Turkey
(current paper).
Remarks —
In specimens given by
Volgin (1969)
and
Summers & Price (1970)
, the numbers of dorsomedian setae vary between 16–18 pairs. In Turkish specimens, dorsal shields bear 16 pairs of dorsomedian setae. Turkish specimens resemble closely other specimens in the leg setal numbers and other features.