Some new records and one new species of the genus Lebertia Neuman (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) from Turkey
In this study, water mites of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) collected from Antalya, Artvin, Bingöl, Erzurum, Kahramanmaraş, and Siirt provinces of Turkey are presented. In total, 12 species were determined. Of these, Lebertia (s. Str.) marasensis sp. Nov. İs described as new to science, while L. (s. Str.) rufipes Koenike, 1902; L. (Pilolebertia) longiseta Bader, 1955; L. (Pilolebertia) pilosa Maglio, 1924; L. (Mixolebertia) separata Lundblad, 1930; and L. (Brentalebertia) minutipalpis K. Viets, 1920 are new records for the Turkish fauna.
Some new records and one new species of the genus Lebertia Neuman (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) from Turkey
In this study, water mites of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) collected from Antalya, Artvin, Bingöl, Erzurum, Kahramanmaraş, and Siirt provinces of Turkey are presented. In total, 12 species were determined. Of these, Lebertia (s. Str.) marasensis sp. Nov. İs described as new to science, while L. (s. Str.) rufipes Koenike, 1902; L. (Pilolebertia) longiseta Bader, 1955; L. (Pilolebertia) pilosa Maglio, 1924; L. (Mixolebertia) separata Lundblad, 1930; and L. (Brentalebertia) minutipalpis K. Viets, 1920 are new records for the Turkish fauna.
___
- Aşçı F, Boyacı YÖ, Özkan M (2011). A new record from Hydrachnidia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertia) for Turkish fauna (Lebertia (Hexalebertia) stigmatifera). Kafkas Üniv Fen Bil Derg 4: 1–3 (article in Turkish with an abstract in English).
- Bursalı A, Aşçı F, Özkan M (2011). Lebertia insignis Neuman, 1880 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Lebertiidae), a new record for the Turkish fauna. Türk Entomol Derg 1: 27–30.
- Erman O, Pešić V, Esen Y, Özkan M (2010). A checklist of the water mites of Turkey (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 2624: 1–48.
- Esen Y, Dilkaraoğlu S, Erman O (2013a). A systematic study on water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) of Kemaliye district (Erzincan Province). Türk Entomol Derg 37: 263–276.
- Esen Y, Dilkaraoğlu S, Erman O, Gerecke R (2013b). Two new water mite species of the genus Lebertia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae) from Turkey. J Nat Hist 47: 1083–1092.
- Esen Y, Erman O (2012). A systematic study on water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Malatya Province. Fırat Üniv Fen Bil Derg 24: 33–40 (article in Turkish with an abstract in English).
- Esen Y, Erman O (2013). The water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) fauna of Bingöl Province. Fırat Üniv Fen Bil Derg 25: 105–114 (article in Turkish with an abstract in English).
- Gerecke R (2009). Revisional studies on the European species of the water mite genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Lebertiidae). Abh Senckenberg Ges Naturforsch 566: 1–144.
- Gerecke R, Weigmann G, Wohltmann A, Wurst E (2007). Order Acari – General introduction and key to major groups. In: Gerecke R, editor. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Vol. 7, 2–1. Munich, Germany: Elsevier GmbH, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, pp. 14–57.
- Gülle P, Boyacı YÖ (2012). Water mites of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Lebertiidae) from Turkey, with the description of one new species. ZooKeys 238: 23–30.
- Pešić V, Ağırbaş E, Turan D (2007). A contribution to the knowledge of the water mite fauna of running waters draining to the Eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey. Lauterbornia 59: 45–52.
- Semenchenko KA, Tuzovskij PV (2010). New records of water mites of the genus Lebertia, Neuman (Acariformes, Hydrachnidia) from Asian Russia, with the description of three new species. Euroasian Entomol J 9: 413–423.
- Smit H (1995). New records of water mites from Turkey, with 11 species new for the Turkish fauna (Acari, Hydrachnellae). Storkia 4: 10–15.