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Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-13
Page range: 98–108
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Two new species of Pachyseius Berlese (Acari: Pachylaelapidae) from Turkey, with a key to the world species

Faculty of Science and Arts, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia.
Acari Pachylaelapidae Pachyseius new species Turkey

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Pachyseius are described from leaf litter in Turkey. Pachyseius destitutus sp. nov. is described based on the female, and P. quadrigeminus sp. nov. is described based on the female and male. These species have some uncommon character states for the genus, such as the absence of dorsal shield seta z1, four pairs of setae on the ventri-anal shield, and a male with a holoventral shield. We provide a key to the world species incorporating new information about the genus.