Two New Records of Stigmaeid Mites (Acari: Stigmaidae) for the Turkish Fauna
Abstract
Stigmaeus shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad,Lotfollahi andAkbari, 2010 and Prostigmaeus khanjanii Bagheri and Ghorbani,2010 were determined in Afyonkarahisar and Manisa provinces andidentified as new records for the Turkish fauna. Mites taken from soiland litter samples, beneath of Populus alba, Vitexagnus-castusandVerbascum sp. were extracted using Berlese funnels and mountedon slides in a modified Hoyer’s medium. Then, the specimens weremeasured and illustrated using a drawing tube attached microscope.In this study, similarities and differences of two new records speciesfor the Turkish fauna were discussed and compared the other typespecies in Iran.