A preliminary record on water mite (Acari: Hydrachnidia) fauna in Canakkale province (Biga Peninsula, Turkey)

Abstract

This study has revealed first findings for water mites in Çanakkale Province, Biga Peninsula. According to the results of the field survey between 2008 and 2009, 11 Hydrachnidia species; Eylais megalostoma Koenike 1897, Lebertia fimbriata Thor 1899, Torrenticola (barsica (Szalay 1933), Limnesia walteri Migot 1926, Hygrobates longiporus Thor 1898, Hygrobates nigromaculatus Lebert 1879, Hygrobates longipalpis Hermann 1804, Atractides robustus (Sokolow 1940), Atractides nodipalpis Thor 1899, Atractides longirostris (Walter 1925), Mideopsis crassipes Soar have been described at the Tuzla, Kocabaş Streams and Ayazma Creek for the first time.

Keywords

• water mite
• hydrachnidia
• biga peninsula
• canakkale