The Tenuipalpidae of Turkey, with a key to species (Acari: Trombidiformes)

WOS: 000375261200001PubMed ID: 27394536A new Turkish species of Tenuipalpidae, Aegyptobia juniperi sp. nov., is described and seven previously recorded species are redescribed: Aegyptobia beglarovi Livshitz & Mitrofanov 1967, Brevipalpus rotai Castagnoli & Pegazzano, 1979, Cenopalpus bagdasariani (Livshitz & Mitrofanov, 1970), Cenopalpus bakeri Duzgunes, 1967, Phytoptipalpus salicicola (Al-Gboory, 1987), Tenuipalpus granati Sayed, 1946 and Tenuipalpus punicae Pritchard & Baker, 1958. A key to the 28 species of Tenuipalpidae from Turkey is provided. Cenopalpus bagdasariani, B. rotai and A. beglarovi are new records for Turkey.Plant Protection Department of the University of Ankara [20060711006 HPD]; European Union Research Executive Agency (ERA), FP7 IRSES-Belgium [269133]; National Research Foundation of South AfricaNational Research Foundation - South AfricaThe authors wish to thank the Plant Protection Department of the University of Ankara for making this study possible and supporting as a project "Project No: 20060711006 HPD" and "The European Union Research Executive Agency (ERA), FP7 IRSES (Grant No: 269133- Detanmite Project)-Belgium", for supporting part of this work as a project. Thanks and appreciation is also due to Drs. Ron Ochoa of the USDA, Beltsville Washington, USA for the loan of specimens, Alex Khaustov of Tyumen, Russia, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Khanjani, Iran for supplying information and Dr Jenny Beard of the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia for her much appreciated and constructive criticism.; This work is also based on research supported in part by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and therefore the NRF does not accept any liability in regard there to