Leitneria pugio ( Karg, 1961 )

Çobanoğlu, Sultan, Cılbırcıoğlu, Cihan & Kazemi, Shahrooz, 2019, First record of Leitneria pugio (Karg) (Acari: Halolaelapidae) from Turkey, Persian Journal of Acarology 8 (4), pp. 353-356 : 353-354

Leitneria pugio ( Karg, 1961) ( Figs. 1–2 )

Saprolaelaps pugio – Karg (1961): 132.

Leitneria pugio – Karg (1962): 75.

Measurements of the Turkish specimen – Idiosoma 390 long, podonotal shield 203 long, 220 wide; opisthonotal shield 197 long and 209 wide ( Fig. 1 ). Sternal shield 75 long from anterior to posterior margins of the shield, 57 wide at st2 level; epigynal shield 97 long, 47 wide at level of the genital setae. Anal shield 79 long, 82 wide ( Fig. 2 ).

Specimen examined

1♀, 28 April 2016, in garlic cultivation area, from weed plants ( Avena fatua L.) ( Poaceae ) (YB- 41), Hanönü-Kornopa Village-Kastamonu (41° 35' 23.9892'' N, 34° 17' 25.008'' E) collected by Cihan Cılbırcıoğlu.

Distribution

Austria, Crimea, Poland, Spain ( Karg 1961, 1993; Gwiazdowicz and Kmita 2004; Kaczmarek and Marquardt 2008; Moraza 2010; Wissuwa et al. 2012), Iran ( Farahi et al. 2018) and Turkey (this paper).

Remarks

Both the genus and species are new records for mite fauna of Turkey and second record for Asia ( Farahi et al. 2018). The species L. pugio was described in genus Saprolaelaps but later transferred to Leitneria ( Karg 1993) . There are only two species described in this genus, L. pugio and L. granulatus (Halbert) , the latter with smooth dorsal shields and considerably wider than long ventrianal shield can be separated from L. pugio which has reticulated dorsal shields and also the ventrianal shield width approximately equal in length.

Figures

Figures 1–2. Leitneria pugio (female) – 1. Dorsal view of body; 2. Ventral view of body.