Tycherobius quercus Bolland & Koç

Fan, Qing-Hai & Walter, David E., 2006, A review of the genus Tycherobius (Acari: Camerobiidae), with descriptions of four new species from Australia, Zootaxa 1121, pp. 1-52 : 10-11

Tycherobius quercus Bolland & Koç

Tycherobius quercus Bolland & Koç, 2001: 135 .

Diagnosis

Adult male. Peritremes with 1 loop; palptarsus with 1 + 1 eupathidium + 1; pdx absent; idiosomal setae lanceolate; c1 much longer than others; c1: c2 = 5.9–6.4, d1: d2 = 2.6–3.4, e1: e2 = 0.9, f1: f2 = 0.8–1.0, c1: d1: e1: f1 = 11.0: 2.5–3.3: 1.0: 1.0–1.3; femora I–IV with 4, 3, 3 (with an additional abnormal seta on the other side), 2; tarsi I–II with 10 + 1, 10 + 1.

Distribution and habitat

TURKEY. Artvin: from oak litter and soil ( Bolland & Koç 2001).

Tycherobius bollandi Ayy ı ld ı z & Do ğ an

Tycherobius bollandi Ayyıldız & Doğan, 2003: 884 .

Diagnosis

Adult male. Peritremes with 2 loops; palptarsus with 2 + 1 eupathidium + 1; pdx absent; idiosomal setae lanceolate; vi, c1 and d1 much longer than others; c1: c2 = 1.6, d1: d2 = 3.5, e1: e2 = 0.7, f1: f2 = 0.9, c1: d1: e1: f1 = 3.9: 4.1: 1.0: 1.0; femora I–IV with 4, 3, 3, 2; tarsi I–II with 9 + 1, 8 + 1.

Tycherobius turcicus Ayy ı ld ı z & Do ğ an

Tycherobius turcicus Ayyıldız & Doğan, 2003: 884 .

Diagnosis

Adult female. Each side of peritremes with 3 branches; palptarsus with 2 + 2 eupathidia + 1; pdx present; idiosomal setae lanceolate; vi and c1 slightly longer than others; c1: c2 = 1.2, d1: d2 = 1.1, e1: e2 = 1.4, f1: f2 = 1.9, c1: d1: e1: f1 = 1.3: 1.0: 1.0: 1.2; femora I–IV with 4, 3, 3, 2; tarsi I–II with 10 + 1, 8 + 1.

Adult male. As adult female but: d1, e1, f1 and h1 obviously reduced; c1: c2 = 1.4, d1: d2 = 1.2, e1: e2 = 1.0, c1: d1: e1: f1 = 3.0: 1.7: 1.3: 1.0; tibia I with an additional long terminal solenidion and each tarsus with an enlarged and elongate solenidion.

Distribution and habitat

TURKEY. Erzurum: form litter and soil under Prunus armeniaca and Rosa canina , a hollow in Salix sp. (Ayy₁ld₁z & Doğan 2003).