Türkiye Entomoloji Bülteni

Yazarlar: Zehra Karabörklü, Nusret Ayyıldız

Konular:Fen

DOI:10.16969/entoteb.554563

Anahtar Kelimeler:Oribatid mites,Taxonomy,New record,Harşit Valley,Turkey

Özet: Oribatid mites are organisms that live in a wide variety of habitats, constitute the largest part of the small arthropods in these habitats and play an important role in the decomposition process. From them, taxa belonging to the genera Hermannia Nicolet, 1855 and Hermanniella Berlese, 1908, were evaluated in taxonomical point, by extracted from the samples collected from the Harşit Valley in 2013 and 2014. As a result of the assessment, totally three species were determined. Of these, Hermanniella picea (Koch, 1839) is a new record for the Turkish fauna; Hermannia (Hermannia) gibba Koch, 1839 and Hermanniella dolosa Grandjean, 1931 were found out previously known taxa from Turkey. Extraction of oribatid mites from materials such as collected soil, foliage, undergrowth, lichen, algae, tree bark were made using the Berlese-Tullgren funnel system. Selected mites were fixed and stored in 80% ethyl alcohol. Light and scanning electron microscopes were used in the diagnosis and examination of mite samples. As a result, scanning electron microscope photos of all determined taxa were taken. Their morphological features were reviewed on the basis of our samples. Furthermore, the identification keys to the genera and species were arranged.

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