Agauopsis brevipalpus (Trouessart, 1889)

Durucan, Furkan, 2021, Halacaridae (Acari: Prostigmata) of the Aegean Sea of Turkey (Çanakkale and Izmir), Persian Journal of Acarology 10 (23), pp. 341-346 : 342

Agauopsis brevipalpus (Trouessart, 1889)

Material examined – Four females, three males and two deutonymphs, Bozcaada , Çanakkale ; 10 females, two males and three deutonymphs, Urla , Izmir .

Remarks – This species is widely distributed and reported in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea ( Durucan 2020). Agauopsis brevipalpus was reported for the first time from Turkey (Black Sea- Sinop) by Bartsch (2004). Afterwards, Durucan and Boyaci (2018) reported the species from Antalya with a few stations (Örnekköy, Yakamoz, Bilem, Kemer, Phaselis, Finike, Kaş and Kalkan). The specimens are morphologically indistinguishable from Black Sea ( Bartsch 1996a) and Levantine Sea individuals ( Viets 1940; Durucan and Boyaci 2018).