A new species of the genus Smaris (Acari: Smarididae) from Türkiye.

İbrahim KARAKURT

Abstract

Smaris erzincanensis sp. nov is described and illustrated on the basis of two adult specimens from northeastern Türkiye. This increases the number of known Smaris Latreille, 1796 species from the Palaearctic from 5 to 6. Diagnosis and morphological data for this species are given.

Keywords

Prostigmata; Parasitengonina; erythraeoid mites; new species

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