The oribatid mite fauna of Turkey is still relatively poorly known. The present paper adds two species of oribatid mites to the known Turkish fauna viz., Oribatula (Zygoribatula) debilitranslamellata (Kulijev, 1962) and O. (Z.)exilis (Nicolet, 1855). Both species are characterised by large, prominent lamellar cusps, with the lamellar setae inserted apically on the cusps, and by the presence of distinct translamellae. They can be distinguished, however, by the smaller lamellae, absence of cuspidal teeth, narrowly fusiform sensilli and, 13 pairs of thin, smooth, apically almost flagellate notogastral setae, in O. (Z.) debilitranslamellata, and by the wider lamellae, presence of cuspidal teeth, widely fusiform sensilli, and 14 pairs of thin, smooth notogastral setae, with seta c1 slightly thicker and minutely barbed in O. (Z.)exilis. The following species have been previously reported from Turkey: O. (Z.)cognata (Oudemans, 1902), O. (Z.) undulata (Berlese, 1917), O. (Z.) terricola Van der Hammen, 1952, and O. (Z.) lanceolata Grobler, Bayram & Çobanoglu, 2004.
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1 December 2005
Two New Records of Oribatula (Zygoribatula) Species (Acari: Oribatida) from Turkey, with Redescriptions
Lorinda Grobler,
Serife Bayram,
Sultan Çobanoglu
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Acari
new records
Oribatida
Oribatula
redescriptions
Turkey