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Issue: Vol. 1445 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1445.1.5
Page range: 57–64
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of soil mites (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae and Machuellidae) from Turkey

Department of Biology, Kazım Karabekir Education Faculty, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey; fax: +90 442 236 09 55
Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey; fax: +90 352 437 49 33
Acari Oribatida Oppiidae Machuellidae soil mites new species Turkey

Abstract

Two new species of soil mites (Acari: Oribatida), Machuella turcica sp. nov. (Machuellidae) and Oxyoppia (Dzarogneta) ilicaensis sp. nov. (Oppiidae) are described from Turkey. They were collected from moss on rocks and litter under oak trees respectively. A key to the known species of the genus Machuella Hammer, 1961 is provided.

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