Journals / Turkish Journal of Zoology / 2006 / Cilt: 30 - Sayı: 4

New Records of Water Mites of the Genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Torrenticolidae) from Turkey

Pages
393–397
DOI
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Abstract

New records of water mites of the genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) for the fauna of Turkey are presented in this study. Three species, Monatractides lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941), M. aberratus (Lundblad, 1941), and M. vafaei Pesic, 2004, are reported for the first time from Turkey.

Özet

New records of water mites of the genus Monatractides K.Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) for the fauna of Turkey are presented in this study. Three species, Monatractides lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941), M. aberratus (Lundblad, 1941), and M. vafaei Pesic, 2004, are reported for the first time from Turkey.

Keywords: Water mites, Monatractides, new records, running water, Turkey