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(1983): II Phylum Tardigrada. Memorie 2012). dell’Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia 41: 1-1012. In this study, C. capreolus (Berlese) is reported for Key words: Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, fauna, Cyprus. the first time for Turkish fauna. Some morphologi- cal characters, collection details (host plant, date and location etc.), as well as world distribution of Article No.: e177301 this predatory mite are presented in this paper. Received: 09. May 2016 / Accepted: 14. January 2017 Available online: 08. February 2017 / Printed: December 2017 Malva sylvestris (Malvaceae) plants infested with various instars of two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) were collected from a home Çağrı TEKATLI1,* and Ahmet ALTINDAĞ2 garden in Seyhan, Adana. Mites were extracted using Ber- lese funnels and stored in 70% ethanol. Permanent slide 1. Department of Biology, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. mounts were made using Hoyer’s medium as proposed 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ankara University, by Düzgüneş (1980). The microscope slides were kept on Ankara, Turkey. a hotplate at 50 °C for a week. The mites were examined * Corresponding author, Ç. Tekatlı, E-mail: [email protected] using an Olympus CX-41 microscope. Slide mounted specimens were preserved in the mite collection of the Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey. Cunaxa capreolus (Berlese, 1889), (Acari: Prostigmata: Cunaxidae): A new Family CUNAXIDAE Thor 1902 Subfamily CUNAXINAE Oudemans 1902 record for predatory mite fauna of Genus Cunaxa Von Heyden 1826 Turkey Species Cunaxa capreolus (Berlese) Scirus capreolus Berlese 1889: 63; Scirus laricis Ew- More than 330 species belonging 27 genera are ing 1913: 113. Cunaxa laricis (Ewing); Cunaxa currently known in the family Cunaxidae (Acari: capreola (Berlese) Smiley 1992: 162; Den Heyer Prostigmata) (Den Heyer 2011). All members of 2009: 22; Den Heyer et al. 2011: 1673. this family are considered to be free living preda- Distribution. China, Egypt, Greece, Iran, Italy, tors feeding on a variety of prey including spider Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Rus- mites, nematodes, scale insects as well as other sia, South Africa, U.S.A., Ukraine (Muma 1960, Correspondence –Notes 361 1965, Bu & Li 1987, Zaher et al. 1975, Chaudhri 1979, Kuznetzov & Livshitz 1979, Sionti & Papa- doulis 2003, Den Heyer et al. 2011) and Turkey (This study). Material examined (Female (n=3)). Three fe- males, Seyhan/Adana (36°55′58″N, 35°21′09″E, 21 m above sea level), on Malva sylvestris L. (Malva- ceae), under citrus tree, Citrus lemon L. (Rutaceae)., 23 August 2013. Idiosoma. Length 360 (350–370), width 250 (245–260); hypognathum length 153 (147–160); width 85 (75–94); length of palp 168 (160–175); length of chelicera 156 (150–160). Gnathosoma. Palps are five segmented. Chaeto- Figure 1. Uncinated apophysis on palpal telofemur of Cu- taxy of the palps: trochanter with no setae; basife- naxa capreolus (Berlese) (Female). mur with one dorso medial simple seta; telofemur inner anterior surface with one uncinated apophy- Moraes 2010, Skvarla et al. 2014). These species are ses and outer surface with dorsolateral simple as follows; Coleoscirus simplex (Ewing 1917), Cu- seta; genu inner surface with spine like seta; dor- naxa setirostris (Oudemans 1902), Cunaxatricha tar- solaterally with slender simple seta; tibiotarsus in- sospinosa Castro & Den Heyer 2008, Cunaxoides ner surface with one long simple seta, medially oliveri (Schruft 1971), Cunaxoides parvus (Ewing with one stout spinelike seta, adjacently with two 1917), Neocunaxoides andrei (Baker & Hoffmann, simple setae; outer surface terminating with one 1948), Pseudobonzia reticulata (Heryford 1965) and dorsolateral simple seta and small claw. Cunaxa capreolus (Berlese 1889) (Ewing & Webster Legs length of legs: I 306 (300–312); II 285 (275– 1912; Baker & Wharton 1952; Heryford 1965; Soli- 295); III 316 (312–320); IV 330 (325–335). Chaeto- man et al. 1975; Kuznetsov & Livshitz 1979, taxy of the legs: coxae I–IV; 3–1–3–1, trochanters Sepasgosarian 1984, Taha et al. 1988, Walter & I–IV; 1–1–2–1; basifemora I–IV; 4–4–3–1, te- Kaplan 1991, Sathiamma 1995, Arbabi & Singh lofemora I–IV; 4–4–4–4. 2000, Castro & Moraes 2010). Cunaxa capreolus was Remarks. Cunaxa capreolus is a new record for found to be an active predator of oriental red mite Turkish fauna. This species can be easily separated Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein), (Acari: Tetranychi- from most of the known species in the genus Cu- dae) by Zaher et al. (1975). Additionally, Soliman naxa by having an uncinated or ploughshare like et al. 1975 studied some biological parameters of apophysis on palpal telofemur (Fig. 1). Addition- the same species when feeding on book lice (Pse- ally, six species which are described from Paki- coptera). Knowledge of this predator is thus lim- stan, also have uncinated apophysis: C. bashari ited only to these two studies and no data of its Bashir & Afzal, C. clusus Bashir & Afzal, C. food habits and biology exists. nankanaensis Bashir & Afzal, C. pakpatanensis In this study, it was found in association with Bashir & Afzal, C. leuros Bashir, Afzal, Asfaq, Ak- T. urticae in a citrus ecosystem in the most impor- bar, & Ali and C. rafiqi Bashir, Afzal, Asfaq, Akbar, tant citrus production area (Çukurova region) of & Ali. Unfortunately, it was not possible to exam- Turkey. Further studies should be conducted ine type materials of these species. However, the whether or not C. capreolus can be used as a bio- specimens examined in this study well fit with logical control agent against the key citrus pests, original description and re-descriptions of C. namely Aceria sheldoni (Ewing), E. orientalis, capreolus. Furthermore, this species has priority Panonychus citri (McGregor), and Phyllocoptruta over all species that have uncinated apophysis in oleivora (Ashmead) (Acari: Tetranychidae, Erio- the genus Cunaxa. Therefore, specimens collected phyidae) in Çukurova region. in this study are considered as C. capreolus. Acknowledgement. This study was funded by Scientific Although, all known species of Cunaxidae are Research Foundation of Çukurova University, Project thought to be predators of some small arthropods, Number: ZF2013BAP6. only eight species are studied in detail with regard to their predation habits and life cycles (Castro & 362 North-Western Journal of Zoology 13(2) / 2017 References Sathiamma, B. (1995): Biological supression of the white spider mite Arbabi, M., Singh, J. (2000): Studies on biological