Two new genera, Limnohalacarus and Soldanellonyx (Acari: Halacaridae) in freshwater halacarid mites with additional new records from Turkey
Author
Durucan, Furkan
Işıklar Caddesi No 16, TR- 07100 Antalya, Turkey; E-mail: f _ durucan @ hotmail. com
f_durucan@hotmail.com
text
Persian Journal of Acarology
2020
2020-01-15
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journal article
10.22073/pja.v9i1.57733
0b398d4f-281a-411a-a6b1-594366399e7f
2251-8169
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Halacarellus hyrcanus
(
Viets, 1928
)
(
Figs. 3
A-E)
Material examined
15 deutonymphs, 16 protonymphs, Lake Eğirdir-Isparta, on sediments and stones,
19 August 2019
, coll. F. Durucan.
Morphology and notes
Idiosoma of deutonymphs between 400–410 long, 270–278 wide. AD, OC and PD reticulated. AD 100–103 long, 110–112 wide. OC 65–67 long, 55–57 wide. PD 225–228 long, 164–167 wide (
Fig. 3A
). AE with 3 pairs of ventral setae. AE 93–95 long, 212–215 wide. PE with 1 dorsal, 2 ventral setae. PE 135–138 long, 75–78 wide. GA with 2 pairs of pgs and 2 pairs of large genital acetabula. GA 160–165 long, 150–155 wide (
Fig. 3B
). Gnathosoma 110–114 long, 73–75 wide. P-1, 12; P-2, 40; P-3, 17; P-4, 13 (
Fig. 3C
). Genu I with large ventral seta and 2 smaller ventromedial setae. Tibia I with 2 pairs of ventral setae (
Figs. 3D
). Idiosoma of protonymphs are between 280–300 long, 200– 210 wide. GA with one pair of large genital acetabula. GA of protonymph almost as long as wide (114). Each genital acetabula size is 20. (
Fig. 3E
).
Halacarellus hyrcanus
has previously recorded in both sexes from running water on
15
th
May
2016
in from Kargi Stream, Fethiye by
Durucan and Boyacı (2019)
. In this study, both nymphal stages (proto- and deutonymph) of the species have been recorded from standing water on
19
th
August 2019
.
Distribution
Halacarellus hyrcanus
was found from Caspian Sea, Baku-Azerbaijan by
Viets (1928)
for the first time and afterwards recorded from Rhine (
France
,
Germany
,
Netherlands
),
Bulgaria
(Lake
Varna
),
Romania
(Danube delta, Sfintul Gheorghe, Plavisevita, Sulina) (
Bartsch 1998
,
2004
,
2009
). Juveniles were reported from
Wales
(
Bartsch 2001
).
Turkey
(Kargi Stream, Fethiye,
Muğla
) (
Durucan and Boyacı 2019
)
Present record:
Lake Eğirdir (
Isparta
).