Eustigmaeus is one of the largest genera of the Stigmaeidae and contains more than eighty species. Two new species, Eustigmaeus erciyesiensis, ex moss, from Erciyes Mountain (2230m) and Eustigmaeus sculptus, ex soil and litter under different plants, are described from Erzurum, Elazig, Bingöl, Kirikkale and Gümüshane, Turkey. Another species, E. ioanninensis Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, originally found in Greece, is recorded for the Turkish fauna and re-described. A key to the species known from Turkey is provided.
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1 July 2003
Descriptions of two new species and a newly recorded species of Eustigmaeus from Turkey (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
Salih Dogan,
Nusret Ayyildiz,
Qing-Hai Fan
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 8 • No. 1
July 2003
Vol. 8 • No. 1
July 2003
Acari
Eustigmaeus
new record
new species
Stigmaeidae
Turkey