Some cryptognathid mites (Acari: Cryptognathidae) from Kütahya Province (Turkey)

Uluçay, İsmail; Koç, Kamil

doi:10.22073/pja.v2i3.10045

Some cryptognathid mites (Acari: Cryptognathidae) from Kütahya Province (Turkey)

Authors

İsmail Uluçay ¹

Kamil Koç ²

¹ Hakkari University, Yüksekova Vocational School, Hakkari, Turkey;

² Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Department of Biology, Manisa, Turkey.

10.22073/pja.v2i3.10045

Abstract

Six cryptognathid mites were collected from Kütahya Province. Of these, three species belong to the genus Cryptognathus Kramer, 1879 and three species to the genus Favognathus Luxton, 1973. A new species Cryptoganathus kutahyaensis sp. nov., and the male of Favognathus cucurbita Berlese, 1917, from Turkey, are described and illustrated. Keys to all the species of the genus Cryptognathus and the Favognathus species of the Kütahya Province are provided.

Keywords

Acari

Cryptognathidae

Cryptognathus kutahyaensis sp. nov

new species

Turkey