Water mites of the genus Sperchon Kramer (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) from Turkey, with description of a new species from Taurus Mountains (southern Turkey)

Yunus Ömer Boyaci Süleyman Demirel University, Eğirdir Fisheries Faculty, Isparta, Turkey

Pınar Gülle Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Faculty of Science and Arts, Burdur, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]

Muhlis Özkan Uludag University, Education Faculty, Bursa, Turkey

Abstract

A new water mite species Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) serapae n. sp. is described. The material was collected from a slow-flowing stream during field study on the water mite fauna of the Lakes region in southwestern Turkey. An updated list of hitherto known species of Sperchon Kramer from Turkey, including nomenclatural changes and numerous new locality records to the species, is also given.

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This study was supported by The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (Project No. 107 T 321 TBAG).

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