ISSN 1362-1971
An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996
[Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage]
|
|
ISSN 1362-1971 An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996 [Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage] |
Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2010) 15, 139–145.Shivatonia turcicus sp. nov., a new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia:Bharatoniinae) of Shivatonia from Turkey
YUNUS ÖMER BOYACI
Süleyman Demirel University, Fisheries Faculty, E
ğirdir/Isparta, Turkey.
yboyaci@sdu.edu.trAbstract
Shivatonia turcicus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from females. The new species is compared withthe only other two species of Shivatonia, Shivatonia acetabulensis, Panesar, 2004 and Shivatonia ispartaensis, Boyaci and Özkan, 2004. Shivatonia turcicus sp. nov. is the second species of Shivatoniafrom Turkey.
Keywords: water mite, new species, taxonomy
References
Boyacı, Y.Ö. & Özkan, M. (2007) Shivatonia ispartaensis sp. n., a new water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia:Bharatoniinae) from the western Taurus Mountains of Anatolia, Turkey. Aquatic Insects, 29 (3), 195–201.
Erman, O., Özkan, M., Ayyıldız, N. & Doğan, S. (2007) Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Turkey. Second supplement. Zootaxa, 1532, 1–21.
Panesar A. R. (2001) Evolution in water mites (Hydrachnellae, Actinedida, Acari) and new taxonomy ofthe Anisitsiellidae-Limnesiidae-Complex: a revision of the Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910 [dissertation], Freiburg, Germany: Universita¨t Freiburg, 223 pp.
Panesar A.R. (2004) A revision of the Anisitsiellidae. Bonner Zoologische Monograph, 52, 11–144.
Accepted by Owen Seeman: 31 Mar. 2010; published 30 Jul. 2010
Copyright 2010 Systematic and Applied Acarology Society
Natural History Museum is acknowledged for hosting these pages. Please read the Disclaimer.