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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2004) 9, 89-95

Two species of raphignathoid mites from Turkey: Eupalopsellus olandicus Sellnick, 1949 (Acari: Eupalopsellidae) and Mediolata petilus sp. nov. (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

SALIH DOGAN¹ & NUSRET AYYILDIZ²

Atathrk University, K>z2m Karabekir Education Faculty, Department of Biology, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey, e-mail: sadogan@atauni.edu.tr

2Erciyes University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, 38039 Kayseri, Turkey, e-mail:nayildiz@erciyes.edu.tr

Abstract

On the basis of specimens collected from Aór2, Erzincan and Erzurum provinces, Turkey, descriptions and illustrations of Eupalopsellus olandicus Sellnick, 1949, the first Turkish record of the raphignathoid mite family Eupalopsellidae, and Mediolata petilus sp. nov., a new stigmaeid mite (resembles M. pentascuta (Zaher & Gomaa 1978) comb. nov. ) of the highly differentiated genus Mediolata Canestrini (Stigmaeidae), are given. It is the first report of the genus Mediolata Canestrini from Turkey.

Key words: Acari, Eupalopsellidae, Stigmaeidae, Eupalopsellus, Mediolata, new record, new species, Turkey.

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