Eustigmaeus rhodomela (Koch)

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Eustigmaeus rhodomela (Koch)

Celaeno rhodomela Koch, 1841 .

Raphignathus patrius Berlese, 1885 .

Raphignathus rhodomela (Koch) Oudemans, 1897 .

Ledermülleria patrius (Berlese) Oudemans, 1923 .

Ledermülleria maculatus (Schrank) Oudemans, 1928 .

Ledermülleria rhodomela (Koch) Oudemans, 1928, 1937 ; Summers & Price, 1961: 377. Ledermuelleria rhodomela Summers & Price, 1961: 377 ; Wood, 1972a: 312.

Eustigmaeus fani Doġan, 2005: 854 (synonymy by Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007).

Eustigmaeus rhodomelus Kapaxidi & Papadoulis, 1999: 143 .

Eustigmaeus rhodomela Wood, 1973: 86 ; MacLean, Behan & Fjellberg, 1978: 563; Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007: 150.

Materials examined. 1 Ƥ from soil under Salix sp., 40°17'29'' N, 37°46'08'' E, 621 m, between Koyulhisar- Reşadiye, 24 VII 2007; 20 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from moss on Pinus sp. trunk, 40°16'58'' N, 39°35'35'' E, 1814 m, Köse Mountain, 21 IX 2007; 2 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from litter under Crataegus monogyna , 40°03'53'' N, 38°35'27'' E, 1306 m, Gölova, 22 IX 2007; 2 ƤƤ from moss near the brook, 40°13'33'' N, 38°50'32'' E, 1503 m, between Çamoluk-Alucra, 22 IX 2007; 5 ƤƤ, 1 protonymph Ƥ, 1 3 from moss on soil, 40°18'02'' N, 38°18'29'' E, 1820 m, Şebinkarahisar, 22 IX 2007; 9 ƤƤ, 1 deutonymph Ƥ, 1 3 from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'45'' N, 38°50'23'' E, 1809 m, between Gölova-Alucra, 24 XI 2007; 6 ƤƤ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'17'' N, 37°53'52'' E, 764 m, Koyulhisar, 30 V 2008; 2 ƤƤ from moss near the brook, 40°14'55'' N, 38°49'54'' E, 1757 m, between Çamoluk-Alucra, 31 V 2008; 6 ƤƤ from moss on soil, 40°17'08'' N, 39°35'28'' E, 1789 m, Köse Mountain, 31 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from moss and grassy soil near the brook, 40° 16' 15'' N, 39°37'43'' E, 1745 m, Köse Mountain, 29 VIII 2008; 1 Ƥ, 1 3, 1 deutonymph Ƥ from moss on stone, 40°17'22'' N, 39°35'35'' E, 1804 m, Köse Mountain, 29 VIII 2008; ZMAU.

Distribution. Austria, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey and U.S.A. (Koch 1841; Franz & Beier 1948; Summers & Price 1961; Gerson 1972; Wood 1972a, 1973; MacLean et al. 1978; Kapaxidi & Papadoulis 1999; Doġan 2005; Faraji et al. 2007).

Remarks. This species can be distinguished from known species by the shape of the dorsal ornamentation, the presence of humeral callosities and seta 4a, the shape of setae c 2, and the number of aggenital setae. General features of our specimens are as in the other specimens of the species.