Johnstoniana eximia (Berlese)

Doğan, Salih, Sevsay, Sevgi, Ayyildiz, Nusret, Özbek, Hasan Hüseyin, Dilkaraoğlu, Sibel, Erman, Orhan & Aksoy, Hakan, 2015, The mite fauna of Ekşisu Marshes in Erzincan (Turkey), Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (4), pp. 571-579 : 576-577

Species Johnstoniana eximia (Berlese)

Scutum triangular with anterior naso, bears anterior and posterior sensilla and additionally 10–14 nonspecialized setae placed laterally to posterior sensilla. The remaining part of dorsal idiosoma without prominent sclerites, covered with numerous smooth, spine-like, backwards-curved setae set on flat plates. Palp trochanter without fenestra. Palp tarsus with 1 solenidion, 5 or 6 eupathidia, and about 20 nonspecialized setae.

Material examined – One adult from meadow on lowland bog, 39°43′53.4″N, 39°37′02.8″E, 1150 m, 16 June 2013.

Distribution – Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Switzerland ( Berlese, 1910; Schweizer, 1951; Feider, 1955; Wohltmann et al., 1994; Gabryś and Mąkol, 1994), and Turkey (this paper).

Family Neothrombiidae

Genus Neothrombium Oudemans

Species Neothrombium neglectum (Bruyant)

Palp tibia with ctenidium placed dorsomedially, behind the odontus and formed of 5 or 6 spine-like setae. Aspidosoma with naso. Sensillary area bears 2 sensilla: each seta covered with barbs evenly distributed along the stem. Margins of sensillary area form a circle, which is open anteriorly. Accessory posterior process of crista absent. Dorsal opisthosomal setae bifurcate at about onethird of their length from base, covered with setules. Tarsus I longer than tibia I.

Material examined – One deutonymph from litter with diverse humidity and vegetation, Saztepe mound, 39°43′07.3″N, 39°36′44.5″E, 1150 m, 16 June 2013; 2 females from meadow on lowland bog, 39°43′53.4″N, 39°37′02.8″E, 1150 m, 16 June 2013.

Distribution – Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, China ( Oudemans, 1912; Kneissl, 1915; Feider, 1945, 1955; Willmann, 1950; Fan, 1984; Haitlinger, 1998), and Turkey (this paper). In this study, the family Neothrombiidae has also been recorded for the first time from Turkey.

Family Podothrombiidae

Genus Podothrombium Berlese

Species Podothrombium macrocarpum Berlese

Dorsal opisthosomal setae only slightly curved or straight, with several barbs; the most distally placed setulae do not reach the tip of setal stem. Spine-like setae forming the comb on palp tibia elongated, with splinters on both sides. In dorsal comb, behind the odontus, 3–6 spine-like setae; in ventral one, 4–7 spines.

Material examined – One deutonymph and adult from moss and sod under rock, Saztepe mound, 39°43′11″N, 39°36′23″E, 1170 m, 25 October, 2013; 1 deutonymph from cowpat near sulfurous water, 39°43′59.7″N, 39°37′15.3″E, 1150 m, 25 October 2013; 1 deutonymph from moss near sulfurous water, 39°44′00″N, 39°37′15″E, 1150 m, 19 November 2013.

Distribution – Austria, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands ( Berlese, 1910; Oudemans, 1928; Vitzthum, 1929; Sellnick, 1931; Feider, 1948; André, 1949; Willmann, 1951; Mihelčič, 1958; Schweizer and Bader, 1963; Gabryś and Mąkol, 1994; Mąkol, 2005), and Turkey (this paper).

Order Oribatida

Superfamily Crotonioidea

Family Crotoniidae

Genus Heminothrus Berlese

Species Heminothrus humicola (Forsslund)

Sensillum longer than all other setae on the prodorsum; notogastral sides nearly parallel; medial longitudinal ridges more strongly expressed than the lateral ridges on the notogaster; posterior marginal setae markedly curved, pubescent; the remaining notogastral setae ensiform; legs monodactyl.

Material examined – One specimen from grassy soil, near sulfurous water, 39°43′59.4″N, 39°37′14.8″E, 1150 m, 4 July 2013.

Distribution – The Alps and other mountain ranges in central and western Europe ( Subías et al., 2012), and Turkey (this paper).

Superfamily Gustavioidea

Family Astegistidae

Genus Astegistes Hull

Species Astegistes pilosus (Koch)

Rostrum rounded in front, laterally with 3–4 teeth; rostral and lamellar setae with medium long; sensilla clavate; lamellar cuspides long, diverging; notogaster with 6 pairs of setae, the remaining setae much shorter; genital plates with 6 pairs of setae.

Material examined – Two specimens from moss and soil, near sulfurous water, 39°43′59.4″N, 39°37′14.8″E, 1150 m, 4 July 2013; 25 specimens from moss, near sulfurous water, 39°43′14″N, 39°36′48″E, 1150 m, 31 January 2014; 22 specimens from moss and grass, near sulfurous water, 39°44′14″N, 39°36′48″E, 1150 m, 25 February 2014.

Distribution – Palearctic: Europe (less common in the south) and southeastern Palearctic ( Subías et al., 2012), Turkey (this paper).

Superfamily Achipterioidea

Family Achipteriidae

Genus Achipteria Berlese

Species Achipteria coleoptrata (Linnaeus)

Sacculonotic, oxypterous, synlamellate mites; anterior margin of lamellar cuspides slanted, furnished with 1 lateral tooth; interlamellar setae long, projecting considerably beyond base of cuspidium; sensilla slender and fusiform; pedotectum I round.

Material examined – Two specimens from litter and grassy soil near Juncus heldreichianus, Saztepe mound, 39°43′18.25″N, 39°36′38.86″E, 1150 m, 13 April 2013.