A second record of Cryptognathus scutellatusSummers &Chaudhri (Trombidi-formes: Cryptognathidae)

Doğan, Salih; Doğan, Sibel

doi:10.22073/pja.v9i4.62089

A second record of Cryptognathus scutellatusSummers &Chaudhri (Trombidi-formes: Cryptognathidae)

Authors

Salih Doğan ¹

Sibel Doğan ²

¹ 1.Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University,Faculty of Arts and Sciences,Erzincan,Turkey;

² 2.Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Vocational School of Health Services,Erzincan,Turkey;E-mail:sibel.dogan@erzincan.edu.tr

10.22073/pja.v9i4.62089

Abstract

Cryptognathus scutellatus Summers & Chaudhri (Cryptognathidae) was known only from the holotype - an adult female collected from fleshy bracket fungus, Green Valley, Solano County, California, USA. Based on a recent faunistic study on raphignathoid mites of Sansa Gorge (Turkey), we found 14 females of C. scutellatus from litter and soil samples. This species was re-described and photographed here based on the Turkish specimens. This record confirms the presence and distinctiveness of C. scutellatus.

Keywords

Cryptognathus

mite

Raphignathoidea

Sansa Gorge

soil

Turkey