The species of the genus Monatractides Viets, 1926 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) in Turkey

Monatractides stadleri (Walter, 1921) ve M. lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941) türlerinin dünya üzerindeki dağılımları, habitatları, ölçümleri ve morfolojik karakterleri tanımlanmış ve türler birbiri ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Ayrıca Türkiye’den bilinen Monatractides türleri için teflhis anahtarı verilmiştir.

Türkiye'den Monatractides viets, 1926 cinsi su kenesi (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) türleri

The morphological characters, measurements, habitats, and global distributions of Monatractides stadleri (Walter, 1921) and M. lusitanicus (Lundblad, 1941) from springs of Western Anatolia are described and compared with each other. Furthermore, a key to species of Monatractides known from Turkey is given.

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