A new species and two new records of the genus Leptus (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from Türkiye

ABSTRACT

A new species of Leptus, L. baspinari sp. nov., is described and illustrated from larvae collected via pitfall traps (off-host) from Akçaova (Seferler) reservoir, Gökbel mountain, Aydin Province, Türkiye. The new species belongs to phalangii species group and killingtoni species subgroup. Leptus dubius Paoli and L. pouryayevalii Hakimitabar, Saboori & Fadaei are reported for the first time from Türkiye, and L. dubius Paoli is redescribed and illustrated based on Turkish specimens. New metric data are given for L. pouryayevalii. Keys to killingtoni, torresianus, dubius, and hospeticus species subgroups are presented, and definitions of dubius, bogoriacus and pasopaicus species subgroups are corrected.

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KEYWORDS:

• Acari
• key
• larva
• mite
• Parasitengona
• Prostigmata
• redescription

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Aydin Adnan Menderes University Research Foundation (ZRF 22006). The University of Tehran supported the second author for his one-year sabbatical period, which is greatly appreciated. The authors would like to thank Dr. Hasan Sevgili for identifying grasshoppers and Cihan Aslı and Mesut Sayan for their valuable contributions to collecting insect samples and separating the mite specimens from their hosts. Also, we are very grateful to two anonymous referees for their valuable comments which increased the quality of the paper.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Aydin Adnan Menderes University [ZRF-22006].