- Acarological Studies
- Vol: 2 Issue: 1
- A new species of the genus Trombidium (Acari: Trombidioidea) parasitic on a spider species in Turkey
A new species of the genus Trombidium (Acari: Trombidioidea) parasitic on a spider species in Turkey
Authors : Sevgi Sevsay, Evren Buğa, Mert Elverici
Pages : 34-40
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Publication Date : 2020-01-31
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Trombidium demirsoyi sp. nov. Sevsay and Buğa is described and illustrated from larvae collected as ectoparasites on Zodarion thoni Nosek, 1905 and off-host from the soil in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. This is the first record of a species of the spider family Zodariidae as a host for an ectoparasitic larva of a Trombidium Fabricius species.Keywords : Araneae, ectoparasite, host-parasite association, parasitengona, Trombidiidae