Graptoppia (Graptoppia) paraanalis Subias and Rodriguez, 1985

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 : 261-262

Graptoppia (Graptoppia) paraanalis Subias and Rodriguez, 1985 *

Material – New record for Turkey. One specimen in Çiftlik Village, Tekçam Area, Taşköprü forest, Kastamonu, N 41° 27′ 39.53′′, E 34° 19′ 42.99′′, alt. = 898 m, 5 June2018; one specimen in Yeşiltepe Area, Akçaabat, Trabzon, 27 May 2018, N 40° 58′ 24.75′′, E 39° 30′ 25.55′′, alt. = 348 m; seven specimens in Alasökü Village,Taşköprü forest, Kastamonu, 16 June 2018, N 41° 20′ 09.64′′, E 34° 25′ 58.98′′, alt = 1327 m; three specimens in Çamkonak Forests, Daday, Kastamonu, 09 October 2018, N 41° 23′ 54.24′′, E 33° 13′ 13.73′′, alt. = 1147 m. Tree bark and debris of P. abies and P. nigra .

Global distribution – Palaearctic.

Ecology – Litter and soil.

Remarks – Turkish individuals are larger (285 × 155 µm) than reported by Subías and Rodriguez (1985) for Spanish and Italian specimens (232–245 µm). All other characters match the original description ( Subías and Rodriguez 1985).