The genus Halacarus (Acari: Halacaridae), description of two new species and two new records from Türkiye

Durucan F.

Systematic and Applied Acarology, vol.30, no.2, pp.302-320, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 30 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.11158/saa.30.2.9
  • Journal Name: Systematic and Applied Acarology
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS
  • Page Numbers: pp.302-320
  • Keywords: marine mites, Mediterranean Sea, meiofauna, Prostigmata, taxonomy
  • Isparta University of Applied Sciences Affiliated: No

Abstract

This paper reports on four species of the genus Halacarus Gosse, 1855, collected from Izmir and Antalya in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Türkiye. Two species, Halacarus elifae sp. nov. and Halacarus ercani sp. nov., are newly described, while two others, H. bisulcus Viets, 1927, and H. subtilis Viets, 1940, are reported from the eastern Mediterranean Sea for the first time. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of these species are provided.