A new species of the genus Pachydellus (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) from Giresun Province in Turkey, with some notes on pachylaelapid mites in Turkey

ABSTRACT

Pachydellus giresunensis sp. nov. was collected from Pinus litter in Giresun Province, Turkey. It is a member of the Pachydellus sculptus species group. The new species differs from other species in the group by its very long dorsal shield setae and the absence of tubercles on femur IV of the male. The fauna of Pachylaelapidae found in Turkey is reviewed, and some new records are added.

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KEYWORDS:

• Arthropoda
• Mesostigmata
• sculptus group
• Pachydellus giresunensis sp. nov.
• Western Palaearctic

Acknowledgments

I wish to thank Dr Peter Mašán (Slovakia) for suggestions on the species, and Dr Bruce Halliday for language corrections.

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Funding

This work was produced mainly from the material supported by Scientific Research Project (BAP) number 11BAP18 (Scientific Research Department of Erzincan University).