Natura Montenegrina No 3, 2004

UDK 591.9:595.42(560)(045)=111

 

THREE WATER MITE SPECIES OF THE GENUS TORRENTICOLA PIERSIG (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA) NEW FOR THE TURKISH FAUNA

  

Davut TURAN 1  & Vladimir PESIC 2

 

 

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Water mite specimens were collected from Iyidere (Ikiz) in period April and May 2004. In this study, three water mite species of the genus Torrenticola Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae): T. anomala (Koch, 1837), T. brevirostris (Halbert, 1911) and T. barsica (Szalay, 1933), are reported for the first time from Turkey.

Keywords: Acari, water mites, Turkey, Torrenticola, new records.

 

 

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TRI VRSTE VODENIH GRINJA IZ RODA TORRENTICOLA PIERSIG (ACARI, HYDRACHNIDIA) NOVE ZA FAUNU TURSKE

 

Vodene grinje sakupljene su u potoka Iyidere (Ikiz)  u aprilu i  maju 2004.  Tokom ove studije, prvi put su u fauni Turske registrovane tri vrste vodenih grinja iz roda Torrenticola Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae): T. anomala (Koch, 1837), T. brevirostris (Halbert, 1911) i T. barsica (Szalay, 1933).

Ključne riječi: Acari, vodene grinje, Turska, Torrenticola, novi nalazi.

 

 

1 K.T.Ü. Rize Su Ürünleri Fakültesi, Fener Mahalesi, 53100, Rize, Turkey

2 Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Cetinjski put b.b., 81000   Podgorica, Montenegro, 

   Serbia and Montenegro (email: pesicv@cg.yu)