Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

New records of marine water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Pontarachnidae) from Turkey

Author
Department of Aquaculture, Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Isparta, 32260, TURKEY
10.22073/pja.2025.238653
Abstract
In this study, five pontarachnid marine mites i.e. Litarachna communis Walter, 1925, L. duboscqi Walter, 1925, Pontarachna adriatica Morselli, 1980, P. aenariensis Mari & Morselli, 1983 and P. punctulum Philippi, 1840 are reported from Antalya and Izmir. Among them, P. aenariensis is new record for the Turkish fauna (1). Pontarachna adriatica and P. punctulum are first time recorded from Antalya (2). Deutonymph of L. communis (3) and male of L. duboscqi (4) are also for the first time reported from Turkey. Each species is illustrated and briefly described with notes and lastly showed on Turkey's map.
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