Ledermuelleriopsis toleratus Kuznetsov

Dönel, Güldem & Doğan, Salih, 2011, The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey), Zootaxa 2942, pp. 1-56 : 32-33

Ledermuelleriopsis toleratus Kuznetsov

Ledermuelleriopsis toleratus Kuznetsov, 1977b: 635 ; Doġan, 2004b: 142, 2007: 18; Erman, Özkan, Ayyıldız & Doġan, 2007: 8.

Materials examined. 1 Ƥ from moss on tree, 40°27'06'' N, 37°04'28'' E, 380 m, Niksar, 14 XII 2007; 1 Ƥ from lichen on soil, 40°39'47'' N, 36°40'32'' E, 324 m, Erbaa, 15 III 2008; 1 Ƥ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°17'38'' N, 39°34'03'' E, 1919 m, Köse, 29 IV 2008; 1 Ƥ from grassy soil, 40°41'33'' N, 36°30'13'' E, 253 m, between Erbaa- Taşova, 27 IV 2008; 1 Ƥ from litter under Astragalus sp., 40°17'44'' N, 37°41'45'' E, 768 m, Koyulhisar, 11 V 2008; 3 ƤƤ from litter under Astragalus sp., 40°18'17'' N, 37°34'55'' E, 1104 m, Reşadiye, 11 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from lichen on soil, 40°25'46'' N, 37°07'47'' E, 479 m, between Erbaa-Taşova, 11 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from bark of Pinus sp., 40°24'16'' N, 37°20'44'' E, 2100 m, Reşadiye, 25 IV 2009; 9 ƤƤ from decayed bark of tree, 40°24'83'' N, 37°20'11'' E, 2482 m, Reşadiye, 25 VI 2009; 2 ƤƤ from litter under Quercus sp., 40°25'62'' N, 37°07'65'' E, 1890 m, between Reşadiye- Niksar, 25 IV 2009; 1 Ƥ from moss on soil, 40°39'90'' N, 36°39'40'' E, 712 m, Taşova, 25 IV 2009; 1 Ƥ from litter under Quercus sp., 40°17'56'' N, 37°41'71'' E, 799 m, Koyulhisar, 17 V 2009; ZMAU.

Distribution. Crimea and Turkey ( Kuznetsov 1977b; Doġan 2004b, 2007; Erman et al. 2007).

Remarks. This species, known from Crimea and Turkey, can be characterized by virtue of the differing forms of the dorsal body setae ( Kuznetsov 1977b; Doġan 2004b). Our specimens identified as L. toleratus exhibit all the characters of other known specimens of the species.