Persian Journal of Acarology

Persian Journal of Acarology

Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country

Authors
1 Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia. 240, D. Aghmashenebeli Alley, 0131 Tbilisi, Georgia; E-mail: m.murvanidze@agruni.edu.ge
2 Department of Organic Agriculture, Taşköprü Vocational School, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey; E-mail: cihancilbirci@hotmail.com
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey; E-mail: esengul.ozdemir @ankara.edu.tr
10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909
Abstract
Fifty two species/subspecies of oribatid mites are identified from forest areas in the central Black Sea basin and Central Anatolia. Seventeen species among them are new records for the country. For each species GPS coordinates, habitat, regional and global distribution data are provided and for new records additional remarks with taxonomic, ecological and/or regional peculiarities are given.
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