Reports of larval species of Parasitengona (Trombidiformes: Prostigmata) from Türkiye with new records

During a faunistic survey on mites in Kastamonu and Sinop provinces near Black Sea of Türkiye during the years ۲۰۱۳–۲۰۱۷, some larval specimens of parasitengone mites were collected from soil and light traps and identified as Erythraeus (E.) ankaraicus Saboori, Çobanoğlu and Bayram ۲۰۰۴, Allothrombium clavatum Saboori, Pešić and Hakimitabar, ۲۰۱۰, Abrolophus kazimierae (Haitlinger, ۱۹۸۶), Abrolophus poljankus Haitlinger and Šundić, ۲۰۲۱, Allothrombium meridionale Berlese, ۱۹۱۰, Empitrombium makolae Sevsay and Karakurt, ۲۰۱۳, Leptus (Leptus) slivovi Beron, ۱۹۷۵ and Calyptostoma velutinum (Müller, ۱۷۷۶). In this study, Leptus (Leptus) slivovi Beron, ۱۹۷۵, Abrolophus poljankus Haitlinger and Šundić, ۲۰۲۱ and Abrolophus balkanicus Haitlinger and Šundić, ۲۰۱۵ are new records to the mite fauna of Türkiye. Also, the identification key to known species of Abrolophus of the world without a comb-like seta on the palpal tarsus is updated.

کلیدواژه ها:

taxonomy ، Trombidiformes ، Türkiye ، Abrolophus ، Leptus (Leptus) slivovi ، first reports ، distribution