A new species and three new records of poronotic oribatid mites associated with water buffalo dung in the Kizilirmak Delta in Türkiye

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Yaşa M., Sullıvan S., Sullıvan G. T., Baş H., Baran Ş.

ACAROLOGIA, vol.65, no.1, pp.52-66, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 65 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.24349/cnt5-mgbd
  • Journal Name: ACAROLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Page Numbers: pp.52-66
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Animal dung is an ephemeral, nutrient-rich resource that supports constantly changing,

highly biodiverse invertebrate communities. The dung of large herbivores is especially

attractive to invertebrates. Seven oribatid mite species in seven different families were

collected from water buffalo dung from the Kizilirmak Delta on the Black Sea coast

of Samsun Province in northern Türkiye. One new species, Plakoribates cernekensis

n. sp. (Tegoribatidae) is described and illustrated. Bipassalozetes (B.) intermedius

(Mihelčič, 1954) (Passalozetidae), Oribatella (Sacculoribatella) nasuorum Fujikawa,

2012 (Oribatellidae) and Humerobates rostrolamellatus Grandjean, 1936 (Humerobatidae)

are new records for Türkiye. Peloptulus montanus Hull, 1914 (Phenopelopidae), Oribatula

(O.) interrupta (Willmann, 1939) (Oribatulidae) and Scheloribates (S.) pallidulus (Koch,

1841) (Scheloribatidae) were also collected. Further taxonomic investigation of the richly

biodiverse Kizilirmak Delta wetlands would likely reveal many new invertebrate species.