Ameroseius

łoharchi, Omid, Döker, İsmail, Yalçın, Kemal & Kazak, Cengiz, 2022, New records of soil-inhabiting mesostigmatic mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) in Turkey, Acarological Studies 4 (2), pp. 70-78 : 74

Ameroseius nova — Kazemi and Rajaei, 2013: 65.

Kleemannia nova — Mašán, 2017: 90 ; Khalili- Moghadam and Saboori, 2021: 419.

Specimen examined. One female; 36°20'01.9"N, 34°00'03.3"E, Sökün , Silifke, Mersin, Turkey; 20 January 2015; coll. K. YalÇın; soil- litter in commercial strawberry field .

Remarks. Kleemannia nova was described from Egypt ( Nasr and Abou-Awad, 1986) where it was found in manure and has also been recorded from Iran, Morocco, Peru ( Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori, 2021) and it is now recorded in Turkey for the first time, from soil-litter. Morphological characters of our specimen agree very well with the description given by Nasr and Abou-Awad (1986), also with supplementary information presented by Mašán (2017) for this species. Kleemannia nova is easily recognized by the dorsal shield entirely reticulated and with 29 pairs of flattened, feather-shaped setae (z6 present) ( Fig. 3A ), setae j1 fan-shaped and marginally serrate ( Figs 3A, 3E ); pseudo-metasternal platelets enlarged and well developed ( Figs 3B, 3C ); setae Jv2 and Jv3 located on anteromedial surface of ventrianal shield and setae Jv4 absent ( Figs 3B, 3C ); anterior margin of epistome with pointed central projection ( Fig. 3E ); deutosternal groove with seven rows of 1– 2 denticles, except 6 th and 7 th rows with 4– 5 denticles ( Fig. 3D ); fixed cheliceral digit with an apical tooth and four robust teeth and movable digit with one small subapical tooth ( Fig. 3F ).

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Figure 3. DIC micrographs of Kleemannia nova Nasr and Abou-Awad, 1986, adult female: A. General view dorsally; B. General view ventrally; C. Idiosoma in ventral view; D. Subcapitulum; E. Vertical setae j1 enlarged and epistome; F. Chelicera.