A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

Salih Doğan; Sibel Doğan; Qing-hai Fan

doi:10.47121/acarolstud.457909

Research Article

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 65 - 70, 31.07.2019

Salih Doğan Sibel Doğan Qing-hai Fan

Abstract

References

Akyol, M. 2011. A new record of Storchia ardabiliensis and variations in the number of genital, aggenital and external clunal setae in two Storchia species (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from the Aegean coast, Turkey. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 16: 59-66. doi: 10.11158/saa.16.1.8
Bı̇ngül, M. and Doğan, S. 2017. Zetzellia erzincanica sp. nov., an intermediate species between the genera Zetzellia and Agistemus (Acari, Stigmaeidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22: 14-20. doi: 10.11158/saa.22.1.3
Bı̇ngül, M., Doğan, S. and Dilkaraoğlu, S. 2017a. Contributions to the knowledge of the mite genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Turkey. European Journal of Taxonomy, 307: 1-16. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2017.307
Bingül, M., Doğan, S., Dilkaraoğlu, S. and Kesik, O.A. 2016. Determination of urban mites (Acari) and their mapping by geographical information system (GIS): A case study in Erzincan. International Erzincan Symposium, 28 September–1 October, Erzincan, Turkey, 943-954.
Bingül, M., Doğan, S. and Doğan, S. 2018. Asymmetric variations in some species of the genus Raphignathus (Acari: Raphignathidae). Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 19: 55-58. doi: 10.23902/trkjnat.334190
Bı̇ngül, M., Doğan, S. and Doğan, S. 2017b. Morphological abnormalities in some stigmaeid species of Eustigmaeus, Stigmaeus and Storchia (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22: 2119-2126. doi: 10.11158/saa.22.12.7
Dilkaraoğlu, S., Doğan, S., Erman, O., Sevsay, S. and Adil, S. 2016a. Some morphological variations and abnormalities in females of Stigmaeus longipilis (Canestrini) (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Turkish Bulletin of Entomology, 6: 149-159. doi: 10.16969/teb.06297
Dilkaraoğlu, S., Doğan, S., Erman, O., Sevsay, S. and Adil, S. 2016b. Stigmaeid mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) of Harşit Valley and Örümcek Forests (Turkey). Erzincan University Journal of Science and Technology, 9: 10-72. doi: 10.18185/eufbed.18373
Doğan, S. 2007. Checklist of raphignathoid mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea) of Turkey. Zootaxa, 1454: 1-26.
Doğan, S. 2019. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Turkey: A review of progress on the systematics, with an updated checklist. Acarological Studies, 1 (2): 129-151.
Doğan, S. and Bingül, M. 2017. A contribute to the knowledge on mite diversity in Turkey: Cheylostigmaeus tarae (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acta Biologica Turcica, 30: 70-73.
Doğan, S., Bingül, M., Dilkaraoğlu, S. and Fan, Q.-H. 2015a. Description of a new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey, with a list of described species in the world. International Journal of Acarology, 41: 290-299. doi: 10.1080/01647954.2015.1028441
Doğan, S., Dilkaraoğlu, S., Erman, O., Faraji, F., Bingül, M., Zeytun, E. and Ersin, F. 2016. Redescription of Stigmaeus solidus Kuznetsov (Acari, Stigmaeidae) based on the Turkish and Dutch specimens. Turkish Bulletin of Entomology, 6: 33-42. doi: 10.16969/teb.41380
Doğan, S., Dilkaraoğlu, S., Fan, Q.-H., Sevsay, S., Erman, O. and Adil, S. 2015b. Description of a species of the genus Cheylostigmaeus Willmann (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Ekşisu Marsh, Turkey. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 20: 797-808. doi: 10.11158/saa.20.7.8
Doğan, S., Doğan, S. and Erman, O. 2017. Description of five new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Zootaxa, 4276: 451-478. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.1
Erman, O., Özkan, M., Ayyıldız, N. and Doğan, S. 2007. Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Turkey, Second supplement. Zootaxa, 1532: 1-21.
Fan, Q.-H. and Flechtmann, C.H.W. 2015. Chapter 7. Stigmaeidae. In: Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms. Carrillo, D., Moraes, G.J. and Peña, J. (Eds). Vol. 19. Springer, Switzerland, 185-206. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15042-0_7
Fan, Q.-H., Flechtmann, C.H.W. and de Moraes, G.J. 2016. Annotated catalogue of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with a pictorial key to genera. Zootaxa, 4176: 1-199. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4176.1.1
Fan, Q.-H. and Zhang, Z.-Q. 2005. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Fauna of New Zealand, 52: 1-400.
Koç, K. and Poyraz Tınartaş, E. 2017. Storchia mehrvari, a new record of the genus Storchia Oudemans, 1923 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey and its abnormalities of genital and aggenital setae. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41: 318-322. doi: 10.3906/zoo-1602-4
Walter, D.E. and Krantz, G.W. 2009. Collecting, rearing, and preparing specimens. In: A manual of Acarology, Third edition. Krantz, G.W. and Walter, D.E. (Eds). Texas Teach University Press, 83-96.

A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae)

Year 2019, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 65 - 70, 31.07.2019

Salih Doğan Sibel Doğan Qing-hai Fan

Abstract

Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae) is only known
from Turkey. It has been called variatus,
due to showing variations in the shapes of lamellae and dorsal cheliceral
surfaces in the heteromorphic males. During the present work, we found five
topotypic heteromorphic male specimens among mite specimens in the grassy soil
and moss collected from the type locality, Ekşisu Marsh in Erzincan province,
Turkey. These topotype specimens of the species including holotype and paratype
were examined. During the examination, we observed variations in the shapes of
lamellae, dorsal cheliceral surfaces and apophyses on the internal and external
surfaces of palp femur. We consider that the differences observed in the
heteromorphic male specimens are intraspecific variations, that it is true to
its epithet name and that there is not enough evidences to justify a new
species. This hypothesis may be supported by the rearing of a population of the
species or molecular evidence.

Keywords

Gnathosoma, heteromorphic, intraspecific, mite, morphology, variation

References

Akyol, M. 2011. A new record of Storchia ardabiliensis and variations in the number of genital, aggenital and external clunal setae in two Storchia species (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from the Aegean coast, Turkey. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 16: 59-66. doi: 10.11158/saa.16.1.8
Bı̇ngül, M. and Doğan, S. 2017. Zetzellia erzincanica sp. nov., an intermediate species between the genera Zetzellia and Agistemus (Acari, Stigmaeidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22: 14-20. doi: 10.11158/saa.22.1.3
Bı̇ngül, M., Doğan, S. and Dilkaraoğlu, S. 2017a. Contributions to the knowledge of the mite genus Stigmaeus Koch, 1836 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Turkey. European Journal of Taxonomy, 307: 1-16. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2017.307
Bingül, M., Doğan, S., Dilkaraoğlu, S. and Kesik, O.A. 2016. Determination of urban mites (Acari) and their mapping by geographical information system (GIS): A case study in Erzincan. International Erzincan Symposium, 28 September–1 October, Erzincan, Turkey, 943-954.
Bingül, M., Doğan, S. and Doğan, S. 2018. Asymmetric variations in some species of the genus Raphignathus (Acari: Raphignathidae). Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences, 19: 55-58. doi: 10.23902/trkjnat.334190
Bı̇ngül, M., Doğan, S. and Doğan, S. 2017b. Morphological abnormalities in some stigmaeid species of Eustigmaeus, Stigmaeus and Storchia (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology, 22: 2119-2126. doi: 10.11158/saa.22.12.7
Dilkaraoğlu, S., Doğan, S., Erman, O., Sevsay, S. and Adil, S. 2016a. Some morphological variations and abnormalities in females of Stigmaeus longipilis (Canestrini) (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Turkish Bulletin of Entomology, 6: 149-159. doi: 10.16969/teb.06297
Dilkaraoğlu, S., Doğan, S., Erman, O., Sevsay, S. and Adil, S. 2016b. Stigmaeid mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) of Harşit Valley and Örümcek Forests (Turkey). Erzincan University Journal of Science and Technology, 9: 10-72. doi: 10.18185/eufbed.18373
Doğan, S. 2007. Checklist of raphignathoid mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea) of Turkey. Zootaxa, 1454: 1-26.
Doğan, S. 2019. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Trombidiformes) of Turkey: A review of progress on the systematics, with an updated checklist. Acarological Studies, 1 (2): 129-151.
Doğan, S. and Bingül, M. 2017. A contribute to the knowledge on mite diversity in Turkey: Cheylostigmaeus tarae (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acta Biologica Turcica, 30: 70-73.
Doğan, S., Bingül, M., Dilkaraoğlu, S. and Fan, Q.-H. 2015a. Description of a new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey, with a list of described species in the world. International Journal of Acarology, 41: 290-299. doi: 10.1080/01647954.2015.1028441
Doğan, S., Dilkaraoğlu, S., Erman, O., Faraji, F., Bingül, M., Zeytun, E. and Ersin, F. 2016. Redescription of Stigmaeus solidus Kuznetsov (Acari, Stigmaeidae) based on the Turkish and Dutch specimens. Turkish Bulletin of Entomology, 6: 33-42. doi: 10.16969/teb.41380
Doğan, S., Dilkaraoğlu, S., Fan, Q.-H., Sevsay, S., Erman, O. and Adil, S. 2015b. Description of a species of the genus Cheylostigmaeus Willmann (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Ekşisu Marsh, Turkey. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 20: 797-808. doi: 10.11158/saa.20.7.8
Doğan, S., Doğan, S. and Erman, O. 2017. Description of five new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey. Zootaxa, 4276: 451-478. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.4.1
Erman, O., Özkan, M., Ayyıldız, N. and Doğan, S. 2007. Checklist of the mites (Arachnida: Acari) of Turkey, Second supplement. Zootaxa, 1532: 1-21.
Fan, Q.-H. and Flechtmann, C.H.W. 2015. Chapter 7. Stigmaeidae. In: Prospects for Biological Control of Plant Feeding Mites and Other Harmful Organisms. Carrillo, D., Moraes, G.J. and Peña, J. (Eds). Vol. 19. Springer, Switzerland, 185-206. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-15042-0_7
Fan, Q.-H., Flechtmann, C.H.W. and de Moraes, G.J. 2016. Annotated catalogue of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata), with a pictorial key to genera. Zootaxa, 4176: 1-199. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4176.1.1
Fan, Q.-H. and Zhang, Z.-Q. 2005. Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata). Fauna of New Zealand, 52: 1-400.
Koç, K. and Poyraz Tınartaş, E. 2017. Storchia mehrvari, a new record of the genus Storchia Oudemans, 1923 (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Turkey and its abnormalities of genital and aggenital setae. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41: 318-322. doi: 10.3906/zoo-1602-4
Walter, D.E. and Krantz, G.W. 2009. Collecting, rearing, and preparing specimens. In: A manual of Acarology, Third edition. Krantz, G.W. and Walter, D.E. (Eds). Texas Teach University Press, 83-96.

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Primary Language	English
Journal Section	Research Article
Authors	Salih Doğan 0000-0001-5030-0544 Sibel Doğan 0000-0002-0644-0280 Qing-hai Fan This is me
Publication Date	July 31, 2019
Published in Issue	Year 2019 Volume: 1 Issue: 2

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APA	Doğan, S., Doğan, S., & Fan, Q.-h. (2019). A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acarological Studies, 1(2), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.457909
AMA	Doğan S, Doğan S, Fan Qh. A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acarol. Stud. July 2019;1(2):65-70. doi:10.47121/acarolstud.457909
Chicago	Doğan, Salih, Sibel Doğan, and Qing-hai Fan. “A Species Being Worthy of Its Name: Intraspecific Variations on the Gnathosomal Characters in Topotypic Heteromorphic Males of Cheylostigmaeus Variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae)”. Acarological Studies 1, no. 2 (July 2019): 65-70. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.457909.
EndNote	Doğan S, Doğan S, Fan Q-h (July 1, 2019) A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acarological Studies 1 2 65–70.
IEEE	S. Doğan, S. Doğan, and Q.-h. Fan, “A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae)”, Acarol. Stud., vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 65–70, 2019, doi: 10.47121/acarolstud.457909.
ISNAD	Doğan, Salih et al. “A Species Being Worthy of Its Name: Intraspecific Variations on the Gnathosomal Characters in Topotypic Heteromorphic Males of Cheylostigmaeus Variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae)”. Acarological Studies 1/2 (July 2019), 65-70. https://doi.org/10.47121/acarolstud.457909.
JAMA	Doğan S, Doğan S, Fan Q-h. A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acarol. Stud. 2019;1:65–70.
MLA	Doğan, Salih et al. “A Species Being Worthy of Its Name: Intraspecific Variations on the Gnathosomal Characters in Topotypic Heteromorphic Males of Cheylostigmaeus Variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae)”. Acarological Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2019, pp. 65-70, doi:10.47121/acarolstud.457909.
Vancouver	Doğan S, Doğan S, Fan Q-h. A species being worthy of its name: Intraspecific variations on the gnathosomal characters in topotypic heteromorphic males of Cheylostigmaeus variatus (Acari: Stigmaeidae). Acarol. Stud. 2019;1(2):65-70.

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