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Issue: Vol. 1551 No. 1: 15 Aug. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1551.1.4
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 25

Two new species of oppioid mites from Turkey (Acari: Oribatida)

Erciyes University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
Erciyes University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey
Departamento de Zoologia, Facultad de Biologia- UCM, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Acari Oppioidea Oppiidae Autognetidae Yozgat Pine Grove National Park Turkey

Abstract

Two new oppioid oribatid mites, Moritzoppia unicarinata yozgatensis ssp. nov. of the family Oppiidae and Cosmogneta ozkani sp. nov. of the family Autognetidae are described from Turkey, using specimens collected in Yozgat Pine Grove National Park.

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