Yunus Ömer Boyaci

Water mites of the genus Sperchon Kramer (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Sperchontidae) from Turkey, with description of a new species from Taurus Mountains (southern Turkey)

A new water mite species Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) serapae n. sp. is described. The material was collected from a slow-flowing stream during field study on the water mite fauna of the Lakes region in southwestern Turkey. An updated list of hitherto known species of Sperchon Kramer from Turkey, including nomenclatural changes and numerous new locality records to the species, is also given.

Water mites of the genus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Lebertiidae) from Turkey, with the description of one new species

Abstract A list of species of the water mitegenus Lebertia Neuman, 1880 known from Turkey is provided, based on bibliographical data and results from recent field work, mainly in the Southwestern part of the country. We describe one new species, Lebertia martini sp. n. and report new 28 locality records from 6 provinces for the three previously known species.

A new water mite species from a karstic cavern in southwestern Anatolia: Acherontacarus burduricus n. sp. (Acari, Hydrachnidia)

A new species of Acherontacarus (Acari, Hydrachnidia), Acherontacarus burduricus n. sp., is described from interstitial waters of a small karstic cavern, in Burdur province (southwestern Anatolia). This is the third record of the genus from Turkey.

Halacarid mites of the genus Agauopsis (Acari: Halacaridae) from West Coast of Antalya, Turkey

Bu calismada, Antalya’nin Bati Akdeniz kiyilarindaki 8 istasyonda cesitli derinlik ve habitatlardan 5 Agauopsis turu tespit edilmistir. Bu turlerden Agauopsis nonornata , Akdeniz icin, Agauopsis brevipalpus , Agauopsis conjuncta , Agauopsis ibssi ve Agauopsis pteropes Dogu Akdeniz kiyilari icin yenidir. Her bir turun illustrasyonlari yapilmis, kisa tanimlari, habitat bilgileri ve dunyadaki dagilimlari verilmistir.

Türkiye Faunası İçin Yeni Bir Su Kenesi (Acari; Hydrachnidia; Hygrobatidae) Türü: Atractides inflatipes (Lundblad, 1956)

Bu calismada, Atractides inflatipes (Lundblad, 1956) disilerinin bazi yapisal ozellikleri orneklerimiz uzerinden gozden gecirilerek yeniden duzenlenmis, cesitli organlarinin sekilleri cizilmis ve olcumleri yapilmis, ayrica turun dagilimi uzerinde durulmustur.

First record of Atelopsalis pacifica (Acari: Halacaridae) from Turkey

The genus Atelopsalis is reported for the first time from Turkey. The material examined in the present study was collected at Kas (36.157583° N, 29.630333° E) from 30 m depth on the West Coast of Antalya in Turkey. General information on the morphology of a protonymph of male Atelopsalis pacifica are described in this paper, with original illustrations.

Burdur İli Su Kenesi (Hydrachnidia: Acari) Faunası

Bu arastirmada, Burdur ili sinirlari icerisinde, 2013-2016 yillari arasinda yurutulen arazi calismalarinda 15 familyadan 80 su kenesi turu tespit edilmistir. En cok tur ile temsil edilen Hygrobatidae 20 tur ile faunanin %25’ini olusturmustur. Calismamizda belirlenen turlerinin familyalara gore dagilimi; Eylaidae 1, Hydrodromidae 1, Hydryphantidae 14, Sperchontidae 12, Anisitsiellidae 1, Lebertiidae 5, Torrenticolidae 5, Limnesiidae 2, Pionidae 2, Hygrobatidae 20, Aturidae 1, Unionicolidae 1, Oxidae 1, Mideopsidae 2 ve Arrenuridae 12 seklindedir.

Copidognathus Cinsi Üzerinde Epibiont Praethecacineta halacari (Ciliophora: Suctorea) Siliyatının Portekiz’den İlk Kaydı

Bu calismada, Portekiz’in Algarve bolgesindeki Albufeira kiyilarindan Copidognathus sp. cinsi uzerinde tespit edilen deniz suktorian’larindan Praethecacineta halacari (Schulz,1933)’ nin Portekiz’den ilk kaydi rapor edilmistir.

A new Atractides Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) species from southwestern Turkey.

Description of a new Atractides species, Atractides reinhardi n. sp., from Burdur Province of Turkey is given.

A new Protzia species and the first description of the female Atractides ( Polymegapus ) persicus Pešić & Asadi 2010 from Turkey

In this study, there is a description of a new species, Protzia longiacetabulata n.sp., and P. squamosa Walter, 1908 representing a new Protzia record for the fauna of Turkey. Protzia longiacetabulata n.sp. is closest to the P. halberti from the P. rotunda species group and identified from these species by the number of the leg claws and acetabuli. Furthermore, there is the first description of the female of Atractides persicus Pesic & Asadi, 2010, for which there is a description from Iran of the male.