Description of new records of the family Digamasellidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Kızılırmak Delta, Samsun Province, Turkey

Authors : Muhammad Asif QAYYOUM, Sebahat SULLIVAN, Bilal Saeed KHAN

Pages : 324-327

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Dendrolaelaps casualis Huhta and Karg, 2010 and Multidendrolaelaps putte Huhta and Karg, 2010 are recorded for the first time from Turkey. Both species were collected from household poultry manure in the Kızılırmak Delta, Samsun Province, Turkey, during a survey in 2013 and 2014. The morphological characters of these species are described with figures and a key for adult females is provided.The mesostigmatid mites, which exhibit predatory, parasitic, and phoretic behavior, have a wide range of habitats that include soil, litter, compost, carrion, animal dung, house dust, bird nests, and poultry litter. The members of the family Digamasellidae are distributed worldwide and are predaceous. They are commonly found in decomposed material, litter, manure, galleries of beetles, decaying wood, and soil insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Karg, 1993; Walter and Proctor, 1999; Lindquist et al., 2009; Hofstetter et al., 2013);. Madej et al. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2011); reported the importance of microhabitats for the preservation of species diversity in mesostigmatid mites
Keywords : Digamasellid mites, Dendrolaelaps, Multidendrolaelaps, Kızılırmak Delta, Turkey