TurkJZool 29(2005)263-267 ©TÜB‹TAK TwoNewRecordsofCamerobiidae (Acari:Actinedida)forTheTurkishFauna KamilKOÇ DepartmentofBiology,FacultyofScienceandArts,CelalBayarUniversity,45040,Muradiye,Manisa-TURKEY e-mail:[email protected] Received:29.03.2004 Abstract: Tycherobiuspolonicus Bolland,1986andNeophyllobiuspodocarpi Bolland,1991,originallydescribedinPolandandthe USA,respectively,arerecordedforthefirsttimeinTurkey.Theirmorphologicalcharactersanddistributionsaregiven.Inad dition, akeyisgiventotheknowngeneraofCamerobiidaefromTurkey KeyWords: Acari,Actinedida,Camerobiidae,Tycherobius,Neophyllobius,newrecord,Turkey. TürkiyeFaunas›‹çinCamerobiidae’nin(Acari:Actinedida)‹kiYeniKayd› Özet: OrijinalolarakPolonyaveAmerikaBirleflikDevletleri’ndentan›mlananveTürkiyefaunas›içinyenikay›tolan Tycherobius polonicus Bolland,1986ve Neophyllobiuspodocarpi Bolland,1991’›nyap›salözellikleriveda¤›l›mlar›verilmifltir.Ayr›ca, Camerobiidae’ninTürkiye’denbilinencinsleriiçintan›anahtar›düzenlenmifltir. AnahtarSözcükler: Acari,Actinedida,Camerobiidae,Tycherobius,Neophyllobius,yenikay›t,Türkiye. Introduction MaterialsandMethods ThefamilyCamerobiidaewascreatedbySouthcott Leaflitter,soilandmosssamplestakenfromthe (1957)withCamerobiaaustralis Southcott,1957asthe provincesofManisa,AntalyaandAfyonwerebroughtto typespecies.Membersofthisfamilycanbefoundon thelaboratoryinnylonbagsandextractedinBerlese plantsandgrassesandinstraw,moss,leaflitterandsoil funnels.Miteswerecollectedin70%ethanoland samples.Fivegeneraareknownworldwide(Bolland, mountedonslidesinmodifiedHoyer’smedium 1986).Ofthese,only2generaareknownfromTurkey, DorsalandlegsetaldesignationsfollowKethley namely Tycherobius Bolland,1986and Neophyllobius (1990)andGrandjean(1944),respectively.All Berlese,1886.Fourspeciesof Tycherobius (namely T. measurementsaregiveninmicrometers. stramenticola Bolland,1986, T.quercus Bolland&Koç, 2001,T.bollandi Ayy›ld›z&Do¤an,2003andT.turcicus Ayy›ld›z&Do¤an,2003)and8speciesof Neophyllobius Results (namely N.atriplicis Bolland,1991, N.ayyildizi Koç& KeytotheknowngeneraofCamerobiidaefrom Madanlar,2002, N.turcicus Koç&Ayy›ld›z,1996, N. Turkey communis Gerson,1968,N.fani Do¤an&Ayy›ld›z,2003, N.orhani Do¤an&Ayy›ld›z,2003, N.olurensis Do¤an& 1.SetalformulaoftibiaeI-IV:9-8-7-7.... Tycherobius Ayy›ld›z,2003,and N.askalensis Do¤an&Ayy›ld›z, - SetalformulaoftibiaeI-IV:9-8-8-7 .. Neophyllobius 2003)(Koç&Ayy›ld›z,1996,1998;Koç,1999,2001; Bolland&Koç,2001;Koç&Madanlar,2002;Ayy›ld›z& Genus:Tycherobius Bolland,1986 Do¤an,2003;Do¤an&Ayy›ld›z,2003).Inthispaper, T. polonicus and N.podocarpi arere-described.Theseare Typespecies:Neophyllobiuslombardinii Summersand recordedforthefirsttimefromTurkey. Schlinger,1955 263 TwoNewRecordsofCamerobiidae(Acari:Actinedida)forTheTurkishFauna Tycherobiuspolonicus Bolland,1986 Neophyllobiuspodocarpi Bolland,1991 Female(Figure1) Female(Figure2) Lengthofbody(excludinggnathosoma)348(307- Lengthofbody(includinggnathosoma)296,width 364),width229(192-260),n=6. 224. Gnathosoma: Palpalchaetotaxy(trochanterto Gnathosoma: Palpalchaetotaxy(trochanterto tarsus):0-2-1-3+1swordlikeseta-2+1solenidionand tarsus):0-2-1-2+1swordlikeseta-2+1solenidionand 1eupathidium.Peritremeswith2loops. 1eupathidium. Dorsum: Almostovoid;striationsonintegument;2 Dorsum: Almostovoid;striationsonintegument;2 pairsofeyesbetweensci andsce;idiosomawith14pairs pairsofeyesbetweensci andsce;idiosomawith15pairs ofdorsalbodysetae,setontubercles,5pairsof ofdorsalsetae,setontubercles,with6pairs dorsomedians, pdx absent;9pairsofdorsolaterals. dorsomedianand9pairsdorsolateral, pdx present. Pinnatifidmarginstoalldorsalbodysetaeexceptfor c1 Dimensionsofsetaeasfollows: vi:67, ve:51, sci:56, andd1.Setaec1 andd1 differentfromotherdorsalbody sce:69,c1:90,c2:84,d1:123,d2:64,e1:115,e2:51, setae, c1 and d1 verrucose.Dimensionsofsetaeas f1:100,f2:38,h1:46,h2:36,pdx:64.Setaed1 longest, follows:vi:73,ve:47,sci:73,sce:31,c1:213,c2:57, h2 shortest;dorsalbodysetaepinnatifid.Distances d1:182,d2:47,e1:78,e2:36,f1:73,f2:36,h1:36,h2: betweensetae: vi-vi:64, ve-ve:100, vi-ve:33, sci-sci: 31.Setae c1 longest,and h2 andsce shortest;alldorsal 102,ve-sci:13, sce-sce:133, sci-sce:41, pdx-pdx:18, bodysetaepinnatifid.Distancesbetweensetae: vi-vi: 31, c1-c1:18,c2-c2:161,sce-c2:59,d1-d1:13,d2-d2:123,c2- ve-ve: 94(83-104),vi-ve:38(31-47),sci-sci:141(130- d2:38, e1-e1:10, e2-e2:102, d2-e2:38, f1-f1:15, f2-f2: 161), ve-sci: 30(26-36), sce-sce:185(177-197), sci- 100,e2-f2:46,h1-h1:8,h2-h2:56,h1-h2:26. sce:55(47-62),c1-c1:25(16-26),c2-c2:205(192-223), Venter: Ventralsurfacestriated,endopodalshields sce-c2:35(26-42), d1-d1:19(16-26), d2-d2:167(140- absent;1asetoncoxaeI,3aand4asetbetweencoxaeIII 187), c2-d2:55(47-62), e1-e1:24(16-31), e2-e2:127 andIV.Genitalandanalshieldsfused,with2pairsof (104-146), d2-e2:50(47-52), f1-f1:19(16-26), f2-f2: genital(g1-2)and3pairsofpseudanalsetae(ps 1-3). 102(94-114), e2-f2:26(21-31), h1-h1:16, h2-h2:56 Legs: LegI520,legII432,legIII463,legIV510. (52-62),h1-h2:18(16-21). Numberofsetaeandsolenidia(inparentheses)onleg Venter: Ventralsurfacestriated;1a,3aand4a segmentsasfollows:tarsi10(+ ω)-9(+ω)-8-8,tibiae9 present;genitalandanalcoverfused,with1pairof (+ϕ)-8(+ϕ)-8(+ϕ)-7(+ϕ),genua1-1-1-1,femora4-3- genitaland3pairsofpseudanalsetae(ps 1-3). 2-2,trochanters1-1-1-1,coxae3-1-2-2.TarsiI-II( ω) Legs:LengthoflegsI-IV:593(536-666)-473(473- andtibiaeI-IV(ϕ)eachbearasolenidion.Allgenualsetae 525)-536(489-608)-603(556-676).Numberof whiplike. setae(solenidiainparentheses)onlegsegmentsas Materialexamined: 1female,litterandsoilunder ω ω ϕ ϕ follows:tarsi7(+ )-7(+ )-5-5,tibiae9(+ )-8(+ )-7 wildpear,1200m,23.02.2002,Bolvadin,Afyon,leg.M. ϕ ϕ (+ )-7(+ ),genua1-1-1-1,femora4-3-3-2, Akyol. trochanters1-1-1-1,coxae3-1-2-2. Distribution: Florida,USA(Bolland,1991),Turkey Materialsexamined: Sixfemalesfrommossand (thispaper). litterof Juniperus sp.,Spilmountain,Manisa, 26.04.2002,leg.K.Koç;4femalesfrommossontree, Remarks: TheTurkishspecimensdifferfromthetype Kumluca,Antalya,25.11.2003,leg.H.Toprak. speciesinthespinulesofthedorsomediansetaenotbeing blunt-tipped.Theidiosomaof T.polonicus is320long Distribution: Poland(Bolland,1986)andTurkey and295wide(Bolland,1986),but348(307-364)long (thispaper). and229(192-260)wideintheTurkishspecimens.Our specimenswerethereforelargerthanthetypespecimen. Genus:Neophyllobius Berlese,1886 Exceptforbodysize,theTurkishspecimensresemblethe typespeciesinallotherfeatures. T.polonicus Bolland, Typespecies:Neophyllobiuselegans Berlese,1886 1986closelyresembles T.stramenticola Bolland,1986, 264 K. KOÇ F 150µm A,E B A C GH 60µm F-J D E I J Figure1. Tycherobiuspolonicus:Female;A)Dorsalview,B)LegIII,C)LegI,D)LegIV,E)LegII,F)Palpus,G)Seta vi,H)Seta sci,I)Anogenital region,J)CoxaI-II.Abbreviations: (vi) internalverticalsetae, (ve) externalverticalsetae, (sci) internalscapularsetae, (sce) external scapularsetae,(c1) internalhumeralsetae,(d1) internaldorsalsetae,(d2) externaldorsalsetae,(e1) internallumbralsetae,(e2) external ω ϕ lumbralsetae,(f1) internalsacralsetae,(h1) Internalclunalsetae,(h2) Externalclunalsetae. , :Chemosensorysolenidia. 265 TwoNewRecordsofCamerobiidae(Acari:Actinedida)forTheTurkishFauna 100µm A A,E B C G F D E 40µm H G,H Figure2. Neophyllobiuspodocarpi:Female;A)Dorsalview,B)Ventralview,C)LegI,D)LegIV,E)LegII,F)LegIII,G)Palpus,H)Anogenitalregion. 266 K. 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