Two new species of stigmaeid mites (Acariformes: Stigmaeidae) from Manisa province, Türkiye

AKYOL M.

Systematic and Applied Acarology, vol.30, no.8, pp.1525-1533, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.11158/saa.30.8.12
  • Journal Name: Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS
  • Page Numbers: pp.1525-1533
  • Keywords: Acari, litter, Parastigmaeus, Raphignathoidea, soil, Stigmaeus
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Two new species of the family Stigmaeidae are described and illustrated from Manisa province, Türkiye: Stigmaeus akhisarensis sp. nov. collected from litter and soil under Xanthium strumarium (Asteraceae), Pinus brutia (Pinaceae), and Parastigmaeus superciliumus sp. nov., collected from litter and soil under Xanthium strumarium (Asteraceae), Inula viscosa (Asteraceae) and Quercus coccifera (Fagaceae). A key to the known species of the genus Parastigmaeus is provided.