Zercon colligans Berlese

Karaca, Mehmet & Urhan, Raşit, 2016, Five new species of Zercon C. L. Koch, 1836 (Acari: Zerconidae) from northwestern Turkey, Zootaxa 4127 (1), pp. 31-59 : 34-35

Zercon colligans Berlese

Zercon colligans Berlese, 1920: 190 .

Zercon colligans .— Petrova, 1977: 601; 190; Lundqvist & Johnston, 1985: 349; Urhan, 1991: 12, 1995: 40; Urhan & Ayyıldız, 1994b: 57; Güler, 1999: 18; Orman, 2001: 18; Öztaş, 2011: 45; Duran, 2013: 49.

Materials examined. 303 females, 106 males, 76 deutonymphs and 37 protonymphs, soil and litter samples under pine trees ( Pinus sp.), Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), oak trees ( Quercus sp.), olive ( Olea europaea ) and cypress trees ( Cupressus sp.), various localities in Eceabat district (Çanakkale province), between January 2013 and December 2013; 246 females, 98 males, 63 deutonymphs and 23 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), stone pine ( Pinus pinea ), oak trees ( Quercus sp.), kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera ), juniper trees ( Juniperus sp.), common juniper ( Juniperus communis ) and Mediterranean cypress ( Cupressus sempervirens ), various localities in Gelibolu district (Çanakkale province), between January 2013 and March 2014; 285 females, 110 males, 64 deutonymphs and 30 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under pine trees ( Pinus sp.), Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), oak trees ( Quercus sp.), blackberry ( Rubus sp.), Lebanon cedar ( Cedrus libani ) and poplar trees ( Populus sp.), various localities in Centre of Tekirdağ province, between December 2013 and March 2014; 128 females, 41 males, 17 deutonymphs and 5 protonymphs, moss samples on soil layer, 41°57' N, 26°38' E, 204 m, vicinity of Paşayiğit village, Keşan district (Tekirdağ province), April 2014; 19 females, 4 males and 2 deutonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under oak trees ( Quercus sp.), Hungarian oak ( Quercus frainetto ), downy oak ( Quercus pubescens ), hartwiss oak ( Quercus hartwissiana ) and Turkish oak ( Quercus cerris ), various localities in Çatalca district (İstanbul province), April 2013; 5 females and 5 males, soil and litter samples under sessile oak ( Quercus petraea ) and cypress trees ( Cupressus sp.), various localities in Sarıyer district (İstanbul province), March 2013; 149 females, 52 males, 10 deutonymphs and 4 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under stone pine ( Pinus pinea ) and acacia (Acacia sp.), various localities in Silivri district (İstanbul province), between November 2012 and April 2014; 70 females, 42 males, 33 deutonymphs and 8 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under oak trees ( Quercus sp.), Aleppo oak ( Quercus infectoria ), hartwiss oak ( Quercus hartwissiana ), juniper trees ( Juniperus sp.), oleaster-leafed pear ( Pyrus elaeagrifolia ), common hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna ) and almond ( Prunus dulcis ), various localities in centre of Kırklareli province, March 2014; 7 females, 1 male, 2 deutonymphs and 1 protonymph, soil, litter and moss samples under poplar trees ( Populus sp.) and alder trees ( Alnus sp.), various localities in Babaeski district (Kırklareli province), between March 2014 and April 2014; 1 female, 1 male and 1 deutonymph, soil and litter samples under oak trees ( Quercus sp.), various localities in Demirköy district (Kırklareli province), March 2014; 21 females, 6 males, 11 deutonymphs and 7 protonymphs, moss samples on soil layer, 41°59' N, 27°2' E, 435 m, vicinity of Develiağaç village, Kofçaz district (Kırklareli province), December 2013; 42 females, 19 males, 12 deutonymphs and 9 protonymphs, soil and litter samples under stone pine ( Pinus pinea ), Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), Lebanon cedar ( Cedrus libani ) and prickly juniper ( Juniperus oxycedrus ), various localities in Lüleburgaz district (Kırklareli province), March 2014; 46 females, 18 males, 6 deutonymphs and 2 protonymphs, soil and litter samples under oak trees ( Quercus sp.) and moss samples on soil layer, various localities in Vize district (Kırklareli province), between September 2013 and March 2014; 85 females, 49 males, 60 deutonymphs and 13 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), oak trees ( Quercus sp.) and Aleppo oak ( Quercus infectoria ), various localities in centre of Tekirdağ province, March 2014; 49 females, 19 males, 27 deutonymphs and 10 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under almond ( Prunus dulcis ), blackberry ( Rubus sp.), dog-rose ( Rosa canina ), Turkish pine ( Pinus brutia ), Mediterranean cypress ( Cupressus sempervirens ), Lebanon cedar ( Cedrus libani ) and moss samples on soil layer, various localities in Hayrabolu district (Tekirdağ province), March 2014; 156 females, 59 males, 47 deutonymphs and 19 protonymphs, soil and litter samples under pine trees ( Pinus sp.) and Lebanon cedar ( Cedrus libani ), various localities in Malkara district (Tekirdağ province), March 2014; 2 females and 1 male, soil and litter samples under nettle ( Urtica sp.), 40°3' N, 27°48' E, 47 m, vicinity of Çeşmeli village, Marmaraereğlisi district (Tekirdağ province), March 2014; 60 females, 20 males, 16 deutonymphs and 4 protonymphs, soil and litter samples under blackberry ( Rubus sp.) and stone pine ( Pinus pinea ), various localities in Muratlı district (Tekirdağ province), March 2014; 127 females, 40 males, 49 deutonymphs and 31 protonymphs, soil and litter samples under Hungarian oak ( Quercus frainetto ), downy oak ( Quercus pubescens ), blackberry ( Rubus sp.) and stone pine ( Pinus pinea ), various localities in Saray district (Tekirdağ province), between September 2013 and March 2014; 106 females, 39 males, 43 deutonymphs and 13 protonymphs, soil, litter and moss samples under oak trees ( Quercus sp.) and juniper trees ( Juniperus sp.), various localities in Şarköy district (Tekirdağ province), March 2014.

Distribution. Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, France, Russia and Turkey ( Petrova, 1977; Urhan, 1991).

Remarks. This species was recorded from Artvin, Aydın, Denizli, Erzurum, Giresun and İstanbul provinces before, and we report new localities of this species from Turkey in this paper. This is the second most abundant specimens of Zercon in the study area.