Nilotonia (Dartonia) rizeensis Oezkan & Bader, 1988

Esen, Yunus, 2022, Contribution to the water mite (Acari, Hydrachnidia) fauna of Turkey, Acarological Studies 4 (1), pp. 28-35 : 31

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scientific name	Nilotonia (Dartonia) rizeensis Oezkan & Bader, 1988
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Material examined: Wet mosses, Harşit Valley , Gümüşhane, 40°43'28"N, 39°02'40"E, 730 m a.s.l., 23.11.2013 GoogleMaps (0/1/1).

Records from Turkey: Rize ( Oezkan and Bader, 1988).

Distribution: Turkey ( Erman et al., 2010; Esen et al., 2017).

Remark: This is the second record from Turkey except the type locality. To date, only the female of Nilotonia (Dartonia) rizeensis is known from Rize Province. In the collected specimens from Gümüşhane Province, a female and a deutonymph were found. The dorsal plates of deutonymph are similar with adults. There are two pairs of genital acetabulae in the genital field. Bearing a ventrodistally projection on pedipalp femur and three setae on the tip of the last segment of fourth leg are the most important characteristic features of adults. Although the general palp shape of deutonumph is similar to adults, there is no projection on P-2. Further, unlike adult individuals, there are two setae on the tip of the last segment of the fourth leg. Figure 5 View Figure 5 A-G show some morphological details of female and deutonymph from Gümüşhane Province.

References

Erman, O., Pesic, V., Esen, Y. and Ozkan, M. 2010. A checklist of the water mites of Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 2624: 1 - 48. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2624.1.1

Esen, Y., Dogan, S., Dogan, S. and Erman, O. 2017. First description of deutonymph of Nilotonia rizeensis Oezkan & Bader, 1988 (Acari, Hydrachnidia). III. International Congress on Zoology and Technology, 15 - 17 July, 2017, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey, p. 97.

Oezkan, M. and Bader, C. 1988. Description of two new species and supplementary remarks on the water-mite fauna of Turkey (Acari, Actinedida, Hydrachnellae). Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 114: 133 - 145.