Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977: 161

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 : 71

Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977: 161 .

Ameroseius lidiae — Kazemi and Rajaei, 2013: 65; Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori, 2014: 675; Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori, 2021: 410 .

Ameroseius (Ameroseius) lidiae — Hajizadeh et al., 2013: 150.

More information about the synonyms of this species are available in Mašán (2017: 51).

Specimens examined. Two females; 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 . One female; 37°18'33"N, 34°45'48"E, AkÇatekir , Pozantı, Adana, Turkey; 3 February 2015; coll. I. Doker; moss in Pinus sp. Forest . One female; 36°19'29.4"N, 34°03'16.0"E, Arkum , Silifke, Mersin, Turkey; 23 February 2015; coll. K. YalÇın; soil- litter in commercial strawberry field .

Remarks. Ameroseius lidiae was described from Ukraine and Tajikistan (holotype: Ukraine, estuary of Dnieper River; paratype: Tajikistan hollow of willow tree) (see Bregetova, 1977). The description provided by Bregetova (1977) lack some of the most important details and do not provide enough information for accurate and consistent species identification. Recently, the species fully redescribed by Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori (2014). The species has also been recorded from China, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Moldavia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Syria, Uzbekistan ( Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori, 2021) and it is now recorded in Turkey for the first time, from soil-litter. Morphological characters of our specimens agree very well with the redescription given by Khalili-Moghadam and Saboori (2014), also with supplementary information presented by Mašán (2017). Ameroseius lidiae is easily recognized by the dorsal shield entirely reticulated and with 29 pairs of somewhat slen- der setae ( Fig. 1A ), seta j1 is about two times as wide as j2 ( Figs 1A, 1C ), the tip of setae j6 and J2 extended at most to the midpoint of the distance between the base of j6-J2 and J2-J4, respectively, and J4 obviously not reaching posteri- or margin of dorsal shield ( Fig. 1A ); sternal shield almost smooth (or faintly reticulated), except some irregular lines anteriorly ( Figs 1B, 1D ), bearing two pairs of smooth setae, setae st3 located on two small plates adjacent to posterior margin of sternal shield and st4 on soft cuticle near hyaline flap of genital shield ( Figs 1B, 1D ); genital shield reticulate, with nearly parallel margins ( Figs 1B, 1D ), anal shield suboval, with delicate reticulation on surface and bearing only three circum-anal setae ( Figs 1B, 1E ); six pairs of opisthogastric setae present ( Figs 1B, 1E ), metapodal platelets small, elongate and narrow ( Fig. 1B ); deutosternal groove with seven rows of 1– 2 denticles, the denticles of 5 th and 6 th rows not discernible ( Fig. 1F ); cheliceral digits terminally with no hyaline appendages, fixed cheliceral digit with an apical tooth and three robust teeth and movable digit with one small subapical tooth ( Fig. 1G ).

Figures

Figure 1. DIC micrographs of Ameroseius lidiae Bregetova, 1977, adult female. A. Idiosoma in dorsal view, B. Idiosoma in ventral view, C. Vertical setae j1 enlarged, D. Sternal and genital shields, E. Anal shield, F. Subcapitulum, G. Chelicera.