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Issue: Vol. 5866 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.4
Page range: 51-65
Abstract views: 276
PDF downloaded: 11

Aturid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia; Aturidae) from Türkiye, part I: subfamily Axonopsinae

Solhan Vocational School of Health Services; Bingöl University; Bingöl; Türkiye
Institute of Marine and Environmental Sciences; Center of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; University of Szczecin; Wąska 13; 71–415 Szczecin; Poland
Institute of Biology; University of Szczecin; Wąska 13; 71-415 Szczecin; Poland
Department of Biology; Fırat University; Elazığ 23119; Türkiye
Department of Biology; University of Montenegro; Cetinjski put b.b.; 81000 Podgorica; Montenegro
Acari Freshwater fauna first description new record Eastern Anatolia

Abstract

In this study, water mites belonging to genera Albaxona, Barbaxonella, Javalbia, Ljania, Paraxonopsis, Parabrachypoda, Vicinaxonopsis and Woolastookia collected from a total of 10 provinces in Eastern Anatolia and the Eastern Black Sea are evaluated. Ljania longissima Schwoerbel, 1962, Woolastookia minuta Pešić, Gerecke & Smit, 2010 and Vicinaxonopsis iranica Pesic, Jabaleh & Saboori, 2009 are new records for Türkiye. The first description of females of Barbaxonella taurusensis Boyacı, Gülle & Didinen, 2012, V. iranica Pesic, Jabaleh & Saboori, 2009, W. minuta Pešić, Gerecke & Smit, 2010, and the male of L. longissima Schwoerbel, 1962 are given. Furthermore, a total of 26 COI new barcodes were generated, corresponding morphologically to five species, two of them (Javalbia turcica Esen, Pešić & Erman, 2011 and Barbaxonella taurusensis) are uploaded for the first time in the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD).

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How to Cite

Esen, Y., Zawal, A., Bańkowska, A., Erman, O. & Pešić, V. (2026) Aturid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia; Aturidae) from Türkiye, part I: subfamily Axonopsinae. Zootaxa, 5866 (1), 51–65. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.1.4