Eutogenes frater Volgin (Acari, Cheyletidae): A New Member of the Acarofauna in Turkey

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 685 - 695, 16.10.2019

Salih Doğan , Sibel Doğan Orhan Erman

https://doi.org/10.30910/turkjans.633559

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Three female mite (Acari) specimens collected from
litter and soil under silverberry (Elaeagnus
angustifolia) in Elazığ province, Turkey were identified as Eutogenes frater Volgin (Cheyletidae). This species shows distinct differences
from other species in the genus, namely dorsal idiosoma covered by two shields,
surface of the shields with papilliform granules, all dorsal setae fan-like,
propodosomal shield bearing 10 pairs of setae, hysterosoma with 12 pairs of
dorsal body setae. Eutogenes frater has been given before
from the type locality, Bulgaria, and was later recorded from Algeria, Hungary
and Iran. This species has also been known from Giza, the north of
the Nile Delta (Egypt) and Burg Al Arab (United Arab Republic). Description of this species with its
phase contrast and differential interference contrast (DIC) micrographs
are provided here. This is the first reported occurrence of the genus Eutogenes Baker from
Turkey.

Keywords

Occurrence, Elazığ, Eutogenes, predatory mite

Thanks

This work was presented as short summary at the XV International Congress of Acarology, held from September 2 to 8, 2018 in Antalya, Turkey.

Eutogenes frater Volgin (Acari, Cheyletidae): Türkiye Akar Faunasının Yeni Bir Üyesi

Abstract

Elazığ ilinde
(Türkiye) iğde (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
altından alınan toprak ve döküntüden üç dişi akar (Acari) örneği, Eutogenes frater Volgin (Cheyletidae)
olarak teşhis edildi. Bu tür; dorsal idiosomanın iki plak ile örtülü olması,
plak yüzeylerinin papil şeklinde granüllü olması, propodosomal plağın 10 çift,
histerozomal plağın 12 çift kıl taşıması ve tüm dorsal kılların yelpaze
şeklinde olması gibi özellikleriyle Eutogenes
cinsine dâhil olan diğer türlerden belirgin şekilde farklılıklar gösterir. Eutogenes frater, ilk olarak tip yeri
olan Bulgaristan’dan tanımlanmış, daha sonra Cezayir, İran ve Macaristan’dan
verilmiştir. Bu tür aynı zamanda Giza, Nil Deltası’nın kuzeyi (Mısır) ve Burc
el Arab’dan (Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri) da bilinmektedir. Çalışmada, türün
tanımı ile birlikte faz kontrast ve diferansiyel interferans kontrast (DIC)
donanımlı mikroskopta çekilmiş fotoğrafları verilmiştir. Bu eser, Türkiye’den Eutogenes cinsinin bulunduğuna dair ilk
bildirimdir.

Keywords

Bulunma, Elazığ, Eutogenes, predatör akar

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