Halacaridae (Acari) from Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Aquaculture, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta, 32260, Turkey

2 Grupo de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Tenerife, 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

3 Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group, Instituto de Productos Naturales y Agrobiología (IPNA-CSIC), 38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract
In the present study, halacarid mites inhabiting various macroalgae, barnacles and sand sediments from Tenerife (Canary Islands) were examined and identified for the first time. Among 114 individuals, 11 halacarid species belonging to six genera were detected: Agaue adriatica, Agauopsis brevipalpus, Agauopsis microrhyncha, Agauopsis tricuspis, Copidognathus lamelloides, C. magnipalpus, C. remipes, Halacarus subtilis, H. actenos, Halacaropsis hirsuta and Rhombognathus procerus. Presence of the epibiont suctorian ciliate species “Praethecacineta halacari” on C. magnipalpus is reported for the first time from the Canary Islands.

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