Leptus (Leptus) rosellae Haitlinger, 1999

Kapankaya, Alperen, Saboori, Alireza, Mayoral, Jaime & Cakmak, Ibrahim, 2023, Some terrestrial Parasitengona with new records of the genera Iberochyzeria, Leptus and Charletonia (Trombidiformes: Chyzeriidae, Erythraeidae) from Türkiye, Ecologica Montenegrina 66, pp. 105-119 : 109

Leptus (Leptus) rosellae Haitlinger, 1999

Material studied: Three larvae from Seferler reservoir, Aydin province, Türkiye, 37° 28' 51.3" N, 27° 57' 29.2" E, 780 m a.s.l., Alperen Kapankaya and Alireza Saboori col., two larvae on 7 July 2022 and one larva on 19 July 2022, on Calliptamus sp. ( Orthoptera : Acrididae ). 15 larvae from Kazan reservoir, Muğla province, Türkiye, 37° 17' 34.1" N, 28° 12' 51.0" E, 480 m a.s.l., Alperen Kapankaya, Alireza Saboori, Cihan Aslı and Mesut Sayan col., three larvae on 27 August 2022 on Calliptamus sp. ( Orthoptera : Acrididae )., 10 larvae on 1 September 2022, on Calliptamus sp. ( Orthoptera : Acrididae ), two larvae on 6 September 2022, on Calliptamus sp. ( Orthoptera : Acrididae ). All specimens are deposited in the Acarological Collection, Acarology Laboratory, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Türkiye.

Remarks

Leptus (L.) rosellae was described from Kuşadası, Aydin province, Türkiye ( Haitlinger 1999). Metric data are given in Table 2. Leptus (L.) rosellae and L. (L.) darvishi are very similar in morphometric and meristic data and it seems that they are very closely related species (See Can and Saboori 2023 and Saboori et al. 2023). Future molecular studies could determine whether they are conspecific or separated species.