Three new records and some juveniles of the genus Copidognathus (Acari, Halacaridae) from Türkiye Author Durucan, Furkan text Persian Journal of Acarology 2024 2024-10-15 13 771 796 journal article 10.22073/pja.v13i4.85812 2251-8169 14668778 Copidognathus cribosoma ( Police, 1909 ) ( Figs. 2A–O , 11D–G , Table 1 ) Redescription – Measurements presented in Table 1 . Morphology and notes Female – All dorsal and ventral plates divided by narrow bands of densely striated cuticle and the plates with uniformly rosette pores numerous canaliculi ( Figs. 2A, B ). AD longer than wide (1.10); anterior margin ovate and with small frontal lamella. Dorsal setae small. Pair of ds-1 on AD posterior to pair of glp-1; ds- 2 in anteromedial margin of OC. Posterior end of OC pointed and almost extending to level of leg III. Gland pores (glp-2) small and lateral to OC. Pore canaliculus posterior to gland pore ( Fig. 2C ). PD wide, anteriorly truncate, posteriorly ovate. Pair of ds-3 just below the anterior margin of PD, ds-4 and ds-5 at 0.31 and 0.64 of PD's total length, respectively. Pair of ds-6 on anal cone. AE with three pairs of ventral setae and a pair of epimeral pores. Epimeral pores 3–4 wide. Epimeral processes I and II are small and lamellar ( Fig. 2D ). PE with one dorsolateral and three ventral setae. GA anterior part truncate with uniformly arranged with canaliculi. Ovipositor extending beyond GO but not reaching pgs-1. Three pairs of pgs arranged around GO. GO 54 long, 33 wide. Distance between edges of GA and GO 90, equalling 0.55 of GO length. Genital sclerites with a pair of sgs ( Fig. 2E ). Gnathosoma ( Fig. 2H ) 1.35 times longer than wide. Rostrum triangular, reaching end of P2. Tectum truncate, palps are slender and consist of four segments. P1 to P4 lengths 12, 36, 9, 34 respectively. P1 and P3 without setae, P2 with single seta, P4 with three setae at basal whorl. All legs ( Figs. 2 I-O) slender and long but shorter than idiosoma. On the surface of telofemora, genua and tibiae I and II foveate with rosette pores. Leg chaetotaxy from trochanter to tarsus (bipectinated setae between parentheses, parambulacral setae and solenidia excluded): leg I: 1, 2, 5, 4, 7(2), 6 5; leg II: 1, 2, 5, 4, 6(2), 3; leg III: 1, 2, 3, 3, 5(1), 4; leg IV: 0, 2, 3, 3, 5(1), 3. Tibiae I to IV with 2, 2, 1, 1 bipectinate setae. Tarsi I to IV with 3, 3, 4, 3 dorsal setae and 3, 0, 0, 0 ventral setae. All legs with two lateral claws with accessory process but large pectines (oil immersion) and a small bidentate median claw. Male – Male is similar to female except for the genital plate. GO surrounded by 55–57 pgs ( Fig. 2F ). Spermatopositor large (78–85), but not extending anterior margin of GA ( Fig. 2G ). Genital sclerites with four pairs of sgs; anterior pairs hair-like, posterior ones spur-like. GO 40 long, 17 wide. Distance between edges of GA and GO 90, equalling 2.25 of GO length. Protonymph – AD with three porose areolae and glp-1 on lateral margin of the plate. OC longer than wide. PD anteriorly ovate. Ds-1 on anterior edge of porose areaolae on AD. Pairs of ds-2 and ds- 3 on striated integument. Ds-4 and ds-5 on PD. Ds-6 on anal cone ( Fig. 11D ). AE with three setae and pair of epimeral pore. GP large almost quadrangular with a pair of genital acetabula and pair of setae ( Fig. 11E ). Gnathosoma longer than wide ( Fig. 11F ). Leg chaetotaxy from trochanter to tarsus (bipectinated setae between parentheses, parambulacral setae and solenidia excluded): leg I: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(1), 6; leg II: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4(1), 3; leg III: 1, 2, 2, 3, 5(1), 4; leg IV: 0, 1+2 (basifemur + telofemur) 3, 5(1), 3. Each of tibiae I to IV with one bipectinate setae. All legs with two lateral claws with accessory process but large pectines (oil immersion) and a small bidentate median claw. Remarks This species was originally described by Police (1909) from Naples, Italy (Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean). Later, Morselli and Mari (1982) reported it from Salento, Italy (Ionian Sea, Mediterranean), in sandy sediment habitats. In this study, it is recorded for the first time from Antalya , Türkiye (Levantine Sea, Mediterranean). The external morphological characteristics of the specimens align with those from Salento, Italy .