Description of Podothrombium sultanae sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Podothrombiidae) from Türkiye and an updated key to species

Year 2024, Volume: 48 Issue: 1, 49 - 58, 18.03.2024

Alireza Saboorı , Firdevs Ersin , İbrahim Çakmak

https://doi.org/10.16970/entoted.1408198

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Members of Parasitengona belong to the suborder Prostigmata and are one of the important groups of terrestrial mites. They are ectoparasitic in their larval stage whereas their post-larval forms feed on different arthropods as free-living predators. The genus Podothrombium Berlese, 1910 (Trombidiformes: Podothrombiidae) has 19 described species globally, with only two species currently known from Türkiye. This paper describes a new member of this genus, Podothrombium sultanae sp. nov., from Murat Mountain, Kütahya, Türkiye in 2023. Larvae of this species, collected from moss and leaf litter 1181 m a.s.l on Murat Mountain, are described, illustrated and an updated key to species of Podothrombium worldwide (larva) has been added. It is recommended that further investigations be conducted to understand the distribution of these mites and their roles in the environment in Türkiye.

Keywords

Acari, larva, Murat Mountain, Prostigmata, terrestrial Parasitengona

Supporting Institution

Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi

Project Number

ZRF-22006.

Thanks

This research was funded by Aydın Adnan Menderes University, grant number ZRF-22006. We express our appreciation to Dr. Ali Rıza Ongun from Ege University, Türkiye for his assistance in collecting mite samples. We would like to thank Prof. Dr. Ian T. Riley for his editorial help in finalizing this manuscript for submission. We also thank three anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments that improved the quality of the manuscript.

Türkiye’den Podothrombium sultanae sp. nov. (Trombidiformes: Podothrombiidae)’nin tanımı ve türlere ilişkin güncellenmiş bir anahtar

Abstract

Prostigmata alt takımında yer alan Parasitengona türleri karasal akarların önemli gruplarından biridir. Larva döneminde ektoparazittirler, larva sonrası formları ise serbest yaşayan avcılar olarak farklı eklembacaklılarla beslenirler. Podothrombium Berlese, 1910 (Trombidiformes: Podothrombiidae) cinsinin dünyada tanımlanmış 19 türü bulunmaktadır ve şu anda Türkiye’den sadece iki türü bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Türkiye, Kütahya, Murat Dağı’ndan 2023 yılında bu cinsin yeni bir üyesi olan Podothrombium sultanae sp. nov. tanımlanmaktadır. Murat Dağı’ndaki 1181 m yükseklikteki yosun ve yaprak döküntülerinden toplanan bu türün larvaları, tanımlanmış, çizilmiş ve dünyadaki Podothrombium türleri (larva) için güncellenmiş bir anahtar eklenmiştir. Bu akarların Türkiye’de dağılımının ve çevre üzerindeki rollerinin anlaşılması için daha ileri araştırmaların yapılması önerilmektedir.

Keywords

Akar, larva, Murat Dağı, Prostigmata, karasal Parasitengona

Project Number

ZRF-22006.

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