Hoplophorella (Rhacaplacarus) ortizi (Pérez-Íñigo, 1969)

Per, Sedat, Çubukçu, Kübra, Toluk, Ayşe & Ayyildiz, Nusret, 2021, Contributions to the Turkish oribatid mite fauna (Acari: Oribatida) from Sakarya and Yozgat provinces, Turkish Journal of Zoology 45 (1), pp. 70-78 : 72

Hoplophorella (Rhacaplacarus) ortizi (Pérez-Íñigo, 1969)

Morphological features ( Figure 2a–h ). Body length: 1090 (1050–1110) μm, body width: 680 (650–700) μm (n = 10). The whole body surface covered by small circular pits; dorsal carina strong; lateral carina absent; interlamellar setae long; lamellar setae short; sensillus sickle-shaped, notogaster with 15 pairs of thick, long setae; number of genital setae 6 (4+2) pairs; ano-adanal setae 5 pairs; anoadanal setae ad 1 longest, ad 2 vestigal, ad 3 shortest; an l - an 2 placed in a row along the inner anal margin; legs with one claw.

Material examined. Turkey, Sakarya, the Kılıçkaya hill: 40°28’204’’ N, 30°24’997’’ E, 550 m, 22.IV.2015, 8 inds., 40°28’214’’ N, 30°25’027’’ E, 551 m, 22.IV.2015, 3 inds., 40°28’221’’ N, 30°25’04’’ E, 553 m, 22.IV.2015, 14 inds. (2 of them were used for SEM), 40° 28’236’’ N, 30°25’140’’ E, 555 m, 22.IV.2015, 14 inds., 40°28’248’’ N, 30° 25’192’’ E, 570 m; 22.IV.2015, 3 inds., 40°28’342’’ N, 30°25’268’’ E, 585 m, 22.IV.2015, 22 inds., 40°29’300’’ N, 30°25’900’’ E, 955 m, 21.VI.2015, 34 inds., 40°29’935’’ N, 30°22’057’’ E, 203 m, 01.XI.2015, 9 inds., 40°29’571’’ N, 30°22’786’’ E, 398 m; 01.XI.2015, 2 inds., 40°29’401’’ N, 30°23’124’’ E, 480 m, 01.XI.2015, 4 inds. from soil under Pinus sp. ; 40°28’515’’ N, 30°25’329’’ E, 640 m, 22.IV.2015, 8 inds., 40°29’515’’ N, 30°26’063’’ E, 1100 m, 19.VI.2015, 7 inds. from soil; 40°28’514’’ N, 30°25’387’’ E, 654 m, 22.IV.2015, 2 inds., 40°29’179’’ N, 30°26’118’’ E, 1095 m; 09.VI.2015, 16 inds., 40°28’800’’ N, 30°25’400’’ E, 792 m, 21.VI.2015, 2 inds., 40°29’162’’ N, 30°25’193’’ E, 1013 m, 02.XI.2015, 4 inds. from soil under Quercus sp.

Distribution. Hoplophorella (Rhacaplacarus) ortizi (Pérez-Íñigo, 1970) has a Palearctic distribution ( Niedbała, 2012). This is the first record from Turkey.

Remarks. Hoplophorella (Rhacaplacarus) ortizi (Pérez-Íñigo, 1969) can be distinguished from congeners by strong dorsal carina; lateral carina absent; the length of prodorsum and notogaster for the species is recorded as 328 and 818 µm, respectively ( Niedbała, 2011). In this regard, the dimensions of the Turkish specimens (1090 (1050–1110) μm) are bigger than reported.

Figures

Figure 2. Steganacarus (Rhacaplacarus) ortizi (Pérez-Íñigo, 1969). a- Lateral view; b- Prodorsum; c- Sensillus; d- Ventral view; e- Subcapitulum; f- Genito-anal region; g- Genital region; h- Anal region.