On the basis of specimens collected from Ağri, Erzincan and Erzurum provinces, Turkey, descriptions and illustrations of Eupalopsellus olandicus Sellnick, 1949, the first Turkish record of the raphignathoid mite family Eupalopsellidae, and Mediolata petilus sp. nov., a new stigmaeid mite (resembles M. pentascuta (Zaher & Gomaa 1978) comb. nov. ) of the highly differentiated genus Mediolata Canestrini (Stigmaeidae), are given. It is the first report of the genus Mediolata Canestrini from Turkey. nov.
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1 July 2004
Two species of raphignathoid mites from Turkey: Eupalopsellus olandicus Sellnick, 1949 (Acari: Eupalopsellidae) and Mediolata petilus sp. nov. (Acari: Stigmaeidae)
Salih Doğan,
Nusret Ayyildiz
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 9 • No. 1
July 2004
Vol. 9 • No. 1
July 2004
Acari
Eupalopsellidae
Eupalopsellus
Mediolata
new record
new species
Stigmaeidae