Hypopicheyla elongata Volgin, 1969

An, S. Do Ğ & Ayyildiz, N., 2004, The first records of two cheyletid mites from Turkey: Chelotomimus (Hemicheyletia) wellsi (Baker, 1949) and Hypopicheyla elongata Volgin, 1969 (Acari: Cheyletidae), Zootaxa 583, pp. 1-4 : 3-4

Hypopicheyla elongata Volgin, 1969 ( Figs. 3–10 ; Table 1 )

Examined materials – Two females from soil and litter under Populus sp., Gelinkaya village, Il ₁ca, Erzurum (40°01’ N, 40°55’ E), 30. X. 1999, coll., S. Doğan.

Distribution — Murmansk, Chitinsk, Kamchatsk and Primorsk region, and Estonia, Russia; California, U.S.A. ( Volgin 1969, Summers & Price 1970); and Turkey (current paper).

Remarks — In specimens given by Volgin (1969) and Summers & Price (1970), the numbers of dorsomedian setae vary between 16–18 pairs. In Turkish specimens, dorsal shields bear 16 pairs of dorsomedian setae. Turkish specimens resemble closely other specimens in the leg setal numbers and other features.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Cheletomimus (Hemicheyletia) wellsi (Female): (1) dorsal view, (2) gnathosoma. Hypopicheyla elongata (Female): (3) dorsal view, (4) ventral view, (5) leg I, (6) leg II, (7) leg III, (8) leg IV, (9) gnathosoma, (10) median setae. Scales 100 µm.