Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Stigmaeus exilis, a new fusiform species of Stigmaeus Koch (Acariformes: Stigmaeidae) from Sansa, Turkey

Authors
1 Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Erzincan, Turkey;
2 Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Vocational School of Health Services, Erzincan, Turkey;
10.22073/pja.v10i1.64436
Abstract
A new species of the genus Stigmaeus (Stigmaeidae), S. exilis sp. nov., is described based on the adult females collected from soil in a dead walnut tree hollow from Sansa Gorge, Turkey. Illustrations and phase contrast microscopic images of the new species are also given here. This species can be distinguished by having thin and slender body, anterior margin of prodorsum microtuberculate, posterior margin of propodosomal shield indenting forward by striae, apodemal marking present, eyes and postocular bodies absent, median zonal shield entire, suranal shield entire and bearing three pairs of setae, and femur II with four setae.
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