Zachvatkinia larica Mironov 1989 ...

• Main Authors: Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem, Açici, Mustafa
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Sarcoptiformes; Avenzoariidae; Zachvatkinia; Zachvatkinia larica; Black-headed Gull; Chroicocephalus ridibundus; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10377802; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10377802

Zachvatkinia larica Mironov, 1989 Materials examined. 2 males and 1 tritonymph from flight feathers of the black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Charadriiformes: Laridae), Samsun, Türkiye, 1 January 2022, coll. M. Öztürk. Remarks. The genus Zachvatkinia currently includes eighteen species that are associated with birds belonging to the order Charadriiformes (Dromadidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae and Sternidae) and Procellariiformes (Diomedeidae, Hydrobatidae, Oceanitidae, and Procellariidae) (Negm et al., 2013). In studies conducted to date, Zachvatkinia larica has been reported from over 20 species and subspecies of gulls worldwide (Asia, Europe, and America) (Mironov, 1989; Han et al., 2016). In Türkiye, this mite species has been reported so far only from the yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis Naumann, JF, 1840 (Eren et al., 2022). ... : Published as part of Eren, Gökhan, Öztürk, Mehmet, Mironov, Sergey V., Nisbet, Hatice Özlem & Açici, Mustafa, 2023, New records of feather mites (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata) from some birds in Türkiye, pp. 58-68 in Acarological Studies 5 (2) on page 60, DOI: 10.47121/acarolstud.1244323, http://zenodo.org/record/10830293 ...