Stigmaeus siculus (Berlese)

Dönel, Güldem & Doğan, Salih, 2011, The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey), Zootaxa 2942, pp. 1-56 : 51

Stigmaeus siculus (Berlese)

Caligonus siculus Berlese, 1883: 214 .

Raphignathus siculus Berlese, 1885: 22 (3).

Stigmaeus antrodes Berlese, 1910: 206 , Summers, 1962: 507.

Stigmaeus siculus (Berlese) Canestrini, 1889: 450 ; Wood, 1973: 82; Doġan, 2006b: 373, 2007: 20; Erman, Özkan, Ayyıldız & Doġan, 2007: 10.

Materials examined. 2 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°14'59'' N, 37°56'46'' E, 693 m, between Suşehri-Koyulhisar, 24 VII 2007; 62 ƤƤ, 7 33 from litter under Quercus sp, 40°08'07'' N, 38°48'37'' E, 1060, Çamoluk, 27 VII 2007; 1 Ƥ from decayed of bark tree, 40°16'32'' N, 38°48'04'' E, 1632 m, Alucra, 24 VIII 2007; 14 ƤƤ from moss on Quercus sp. 40°16'32'' N, 38°48'04'' E, 1632 m, Alucra, 24 VIII 2007; 14 ƤƤ from manure, 40°10'17'' N, 39°14'27'' E, 1544 m, Şiran, 24 VIII 2007; 5 ƤƤ from litter under Pistasia sp., 40°38'37'' N, 36°37'38'' E, 305 m, Erbaa, 15 III 2008; 1 Ƥ from litter under Quercus sp., 40°20'20'' N, 37°30'28'' E, 613 m, Reşadiye, 11 V 2008; 30 ƤƤ, 5 33 from manure, 40°18'27'' N, 37°35'01'' E, 996 m, Reşadiye, 11 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from moss near the brook, 40°14'55'' N, 38°49'54'' E, 1757 m, between Çamoluk-Alucra, 31 V 2008; 2 ƤƤ from litter under mixed forest 40°33'48'' N, 36°47'39'' E, 688 m, Niksar, 30 IX 2008; 2 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°16'29'' N, 39° 37' 58'' E, 1796 m, Köse Mountain, 01 XII 2008; 1 Ƥ from moss and lichen, 40°21'28'' N, 37° 27' 72'' E, 1643 m, between Reşadiye-Koyulhisar, 25 IV 2009; ZMAU.

Distribution. Argentina, Holland, Italy, Turkey and U.S.A. ( Summers 1962; Wood 1973; Doġan 2006b, 2007; Erman et al. 2007).

Remarks. This species was recorded from Turkey by Doġan (2006b). General features of our specimens identified as Stigmaeus siculus are generally as in other known specimens. The ratio of d / l' on tibia IV is 1.7 in the U.S.A. and Argentinean specimens ( Summers 1962), 1.8 in the Erzurum specimens ( Doġan 2006b) and 1.9 in our specimens. The ratio ve / sci is 2.3 in the U.S.A. and Argentinean specimens ( Summers 1962), 2.6 in the Erzurum specimens ( Doġan 2006b) and 2.1 in our specimens.