New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Mites of the genus Raphignathus (Acari: Raphignathidae) from Turkey
Salih Doçgan
Atatürk University
Kâzim Karabekir Education Faculty
Department of Biology
25240 Erzurum, Turkey
email: sadogan@atauni.edu.tr
Nusret Ayyildiz
Erciyes University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Department of Biology
38039 Kayseri, Turkey
email: nayildiz@erciyes.edu.tr
Abstract Two new species, R. fani sp. nov., and
R. kuznetzovi sp. nov., are described from Turkey, and a species,
R. collegiatus, is a new record for the Turkish fauna. Turkish Raphignathus
is reviewed and specimens given under the name of R. hirtellus Athias-Henriot,
1961 are transferred to R. kuznetzovi sp. nov. described on our specimens.
A key to the known species for Turkey is provided and illustrations are also
given.
Keywords Acari; Raphignathus; new species; Turkey
Z02016 Received 25 June 2002; accepted 6 January 2003; published 16 June
2003
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2003, Vol. 30: 141-148
0301-4223/03/3002-0141 $7.00/0 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2003
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