Dacothyas Motaş, 1959

Erman, Orhan, Gülle, Pinar, Özkan, Muhlis, Candoğan, Hülya & Boyaci, Yunus Ömer, 2019, Checklist of the water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) of Turkey: First supplement, Zootaxa 4686 (3), pp. 376-396 : 378

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5924808
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scientific name	Dacothyas Motaş, 1959
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Genus Dacothyas Motaş, 1959

Dacothyas kandilliensis Oezkan & Bader, 1988

Trichothyas (Lundbladia) anatolica Boyacı & Gülle 2014 nov. syn.

Records from Turkey: Erzurum Province ( Oezkan & Bader 1988). Erzincan Province (Esen et al. 2016). “ Trichothyas (Lundbladia) anatolica ” Isparta Province ( Boyacı & Gülle, 2014).

Remark: Trichothyas anatolica was described from Isparta Province by Boyacı & Gülle (2014). Width of genital flaps of Trichothyas anatolica are about twice diameter of posterior Ac. In addition dorsal and ventral sclerites, shape of palp (P-4 has large two ventral setae) and setation of legs are completely agree with the Dacothyas kandilliensis . So, T. anatolica should be considered a junior synonim of Dacothyas kandilliensis .

Habitat: Springs, small streams.

Distribution: Turkey.