Ceratozetes (Ceratozetes) colchicus Murvanidze & Weigmann, 2003

Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3), pp. 255-277 : 267

Ceratozetes (Ceratozetes) colchicus Murvanidze & Weigmann, 2003 *

Material – New record for Turkey. One specimen in Alasökü Village, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 19′ 55.68′′, E 34° 25′ 16.18′′, alt. = 1369 m, 16 June 2018, tree trunk of P. sylvestris ; one specimen in Şahinler Natural park, Ankara. N 40° 61′ 74.65′′, E 32° 45′ 55.46′′, alt. = 1670 m, 16 June 2018, soil .

Global distribution – Caucasus and Turkey.

Ecology – Humid forest soils.

Remarks – Measurements: Body size: 500 × 320 µm. ro 65 µm, in 130 µm, le 75 µm, ss 95 µm, ng vestigial.

Turkish specimens show smaller size compared to the original description ( Murvanidze and Weigmann 2003): 1) body length in Turkish specimens is about 500–510 µm, while in description 540–580 μm is indicated; 2) lamellar setae 75 μm vs reported 85 µm; 3) ss 95 µm vs 150 µm; 4) length of lamellar cuspides 50 µm vs 80 µm. The rest of the characters match the provided description and paratypes available in the collection of the Georgian Agricultural University.