Lauritzenia elegans (Kunst)

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 : 577

Species Lauritzenia elegans (Kunst)

Interlamellar setae do not reach the end of the lamella; rostrum not granulated; sensillum long, fusiform, covered with fine hair; sacculi relatively short; notogastral setae fine, 30 µm in length; genital plates with 4 pairs of setae; fissurae iad postanal in position.

Material examined – One specimen from grassy soil near Juncus heldreichianus, Saztepe mound, 39°43′5.67″N, 39°36′43.04″E, 1150 m, 30 March 2013; 4 specimens from litter and grassy soil near J. heldreichianus, Saztepe mound, 39°43′18.25″N, 39°36′38.86″E, 1150 m, 13 April 2013; 1 specimen from litter under J. heldreichianus , near Saztepe mound, 39°43′07.3″N, 39°36′44.5″E, 1150 m, 13 May 2013; 2 specimens from grassy soil, 39°43′45″N, 39°37′25″E, 1140 m, 31 December 2013; 1 specimen from dung, near Saztepe mound, 39°43′44″N, 39°37′28″E, 1150 m, 31 January 2014.

Distribution – Southern Holarctic (central Europe and southeastern USA) ( Subías et al., 2012), and Turkey (this paper).