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Issue: Vol. 5536 No. 2: 4 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.2.3
Page range: 261-276
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Psammobiont halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Türkiye: description of two new species of the genus Atelopsalis Trouessart, 1896 and Scaptognathus Trouessart, 1889 and two new records

Department of Aquaculture; Isparta University of Applied Sciences; 32260 Isparta; Türkiye
Acari Halacaridae psammobiont new species new records Atelopsalis Anomalohalacarus Acarochelopedia Scaptognathus

Abstract

In this paper, two new species from the genera Atelopsalis Trouessart, 1896 and Scaptognathus Trouessart, 1889 are described from the eastern Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Antalya, Türkiye. Atelopsalis mediterranea sp. nov. is described based on female, male, and deutonymph specimens collected from soft sand sediment in Kaş, Antalya. Scaptognathus antalyaensis sp. nov. is described based on female and male specimens from soft sediment in Kundu, Antalya. In addition to these new species, two arenicolous halacarid mites, Acarochelopodia delamarei Angelier, 1954 and Anomalohalacarus anomalus (Trouessart, 1894), are reported from the Turkish coasts for the first time. Both psammic halacarid mites were found in medium coarse sand sediment habitats at Örnekköy Beach.

 

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