Macrholaspis recki ( Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960 )

Özbek, Hasan Hüseyin, 2017, A review of the macrochelid mites of Turkey (Acari: Macrochelidae), with new records and descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4317 (3), pp. 559-572 : 570

Macrholaspis recki ( Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960)

Macrocheles recki Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960: 104 .

Macrocheles (Macrholaspis) recki .— Bregetova, 1977: 383; Karg, 1993: 103; Mašán, 2003: 78. Macrholaspis recki .— Emberson, 2010: 49; Plumari, 2010: 204.

Notes. This species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic RegiOn ( Mašán, 2003; Plumari, 2010) and is the mOst abundant species cOllected mainly in litter frOm nOrth-eastern Turkey ( Özbek & Bal, 2012b). AlsO, it was cOllected frOm Bayburt, Erzincan and Erzurum PrOvince during field research. The mOrphOlOgical characters Of Turkish specimens are similar tO previOusly recOrded and illustrated specimens frOm regiOns Of Russia and SlOvakia ( BregetOva & KOrOleva, 1960; Mašán, 2003). AlsO, Turkish specimens were described and illustrated by Özbek & Bal (2012b) and Özbek (2013).