Two New Records of Stigmaeid Mites (Acari: Stigmaidae) for the Turkish Fauna
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Stigmaeus shabestariensis Haddad Irani-Nejad,Lotfollahi and Akbari, 2010 and Prostigmaeus khanjanii Bagheri and Ghorbani, 2010 were determined in Afyonkarahisar and Manisa provinces and identified as new records for the Turkish fauna. Mites taken from soil and litter samples, beneath of Populus alba, Vitexagnus-castus andVerbascum sp. were extracted using Berlese funnels and mounted on slides in a modified Hoyer's medium. Then, the specimens were measured and illustrated using a drawing tube attached microscope. In this study, similarities and differences of two new records species for the Turkish fauna were discussed and compared the other type species in Iran.