New records of water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) species for the Turkish fauna Author Özdilek, Murat Regional Boarding Secondary School, Kulp, Diyarbakır, Türkiye Author Esen, Yunus Solhan Vocational School of Health Services, Bingöl University, Bingöl, Türkiye yesen@bingol.edu.tr text Acarological Studies 2023 2023-01-30 5 1 34 41 http://dx.doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.1223782 journal article 55082 10.47121/acarolstud.1223782 dfa87482-a29e-4b07-9c52-609e2dd9158e 2667-5684 8156309 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C472B7B9-CC6D-4BCC-BBE6-C289C6D72293 Monatractides (s. str.) persicus Pesic, 2004 Description Female Idiosoma ovally, L/W 950/878, dorsal shield L/W 805/756, frontal plate L/W 172/115, shoulder plate L/W 268/100 ( Fig. 3A ), gnathosomal bay L 190, bearing a knob-shaped protrusion ( Fig. 3B ); subcapitulum vL 190, rostrum short ( Fig. 3C ), chelicera total L 252, H 43 (L/H ratio 5.8), claw L 55; palp segments robust, distal margin of P-2 without denticles, P-3 with two denticles mediodistal margin, P-4 with a well visible denticle near the insertion of the ventral hairs ( Figs 3D, E ), dL of palp segments P-1 30, P-2 90, P-3 57, P-4 73, P-5 32, total L 282; genital field slightly enlarged anteriorly, L/W 240/200, Cx-I mL 135, Cx-II-III mL 80, distance between genital field to excretory pore L 232; dL of leg segments I-L-1-6: 60-94-120-147-140-120 = 681, II-L-1-6: 92-123-111-158- 191-197 = 872, III-L-1-6: 83-140-144-186-216-238 = 1007, IV-L-1-6: 100-160-191-242-268-273 = 1234. Distribution Iran (Pesic and Saboori, 2004), new record for the Turkish fauna. Remarks The Turkish specimen agrees with relatively thicker chelicera and a knob-shaped protrusion at the margin of the gnathosomal bay. Differently, distal margin of P-2 not bearing a denticle. P-3 bearing two denticles distally.