Eustigmaeus anauniensis Canestrini
Creators: name: Dönel, Güldem
name: Doğan, Salih
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Stigmaeidae
Eustigmaeus
Eustigmaeus anauniensis

description: Eustigmaeus anauniensis (Canestrini)
Raphignathus anauniensis Canestrini, 1889: 447.
Eustigmaeus anauniensis (Canestrini), Koç & Ayyıldız, 2000: 62; Doġan, 2007: 14; Erman, Özkan, Ayyıldız & Doġan, 2007: 7; Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007: 148; Kazaklı, 2008: 36.
Raphignathus pectinatus Ewing, 1917: 151.
Eustigmaeus granulosus Willmann, 1951: 137.
Eustigmaeus kentingensis Tseng, 1982: 25; Doġan, 2005: 840; 2007: 15; Erman, Özkan, Ayyıldız & Doġan, 2007: 7; Faraji, Ueckermann & Bakker, 2007: 148.
Materials examined. 5 ƤƤ from litter Quercus sp., 40°21'13'' N, 37°28'06'' E, 600 m, between Reşadiye-Niksar, 25 VIII 2007; 14 ƤƤ, 1 3 from grassy soil, 40°17'10'' N, 39°38'19'' E, 1840 m, Köse Mountain, 21 IX 2007; 1 Ƥ from decayed bark of tree, 40°17'10'' N, 39°38'19'' E, 1840 m, Köse Mountain, 21 IX.2007; 20 ƤƤ from litter under mixed forest, 40°15'46'' N, 38°50'18'' E, 1820 m, Alucra, 22 IX 2007; 1 Ƥ from grassy and mossy soil, 40°17'37'' N, 39°34'03'' E, 1927 m, Köse, 26 X 2007; 5 ƤƤ from litter and soil under Onobrychis sp., 40°16'17'' N, 39°35'30'' E, 1892 m, Köse, 26 X 2007; 10 ƤƤ from soil and moss under Astragalus sp., 40°16'17'' N, 39°35'30'' E, 1892 m, Köse, 26 IX 2007; 19 ƤƤ from litter under Onobrychis sp., 40°17'31'' N, 39°38'22'' E, 1880 m, Köse Mountain, 26 X 2007; 3 ƤƤ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°11'17'' N, 39°06'22'' E, 1760 m, Şiran, 27 X 2007; 31 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°20'49'' N, 38°31'15'' E, 1103 m, Şebinkarahisar, 27 X 2007; 4 ƤƤ from litter under Onobrychis sp., 40°16'28'' N, 39°38'01'' E, 1832 m, Köse Mountain, 23 XI 2007; 1 Ƥ from litter under Populus sp. and Pinus sp., 40°17'11'' N, 39°35'30'' E, 1791 m, Köse Mountain, 23 XI 2007; 3 ƤƤ from moss on soil, 40°16'28'' N, 39°35'58'' E, 1822 m, Köse Mountain, 23 XI 2007; 13 ƤƤ from moss on soil and stone, 40°15'43'' N, 38°50'44'' E, 1756 m, between Gölova-Alucra, 24 XI 2007; 3 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°15'48'' N, 38°56'58'' E, 1628 m,between Şiran Alucra, 24 XI 2007; 7 ƤƤ from litter under mixed forest, 40°38'01'' N, 36°41'08'' E, 586 m, Erbaa, 25 XI 2007; 7 ƤƤ from debris 40°30'39'' N, 36°53'40'' E, 330 m, Niksar, 15 III 2008; 2 ƤƤ, 1 3 from moss on bark of Pinus sp., 40°39'11'' N, 36°42'42'' E, 226 m, between Niksar-Erbaa, 29 III 2008; 4 ƤƤ from moss and lichen on soil, 40°41'33'' N, 36°30'13'' E, 253 m, Erbaa, 29 III 2008; 11 ƤƤ from litter under bush, 40°41'33'' N, 36°30'13'' E, 253 m, Erbaa, 29 III 2008; 5 ƤƤ from moss and lichen on soil, 40°39'48'' N, 36°40'30'' E, 322 m, between Erbaa-Niksar, 29 III 2008; 20 ƤƤ from litter under mixed forest, 40°39'56'' N, 36°41'31'' E, 224 m, between Erbaa-Niksar, 30 III 2008; 7 ƤƤ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°17'38'' N, 39°34'03'' E, 1919 m, Köse, 29 IV 2008; 10 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°17'38'' N, 39°34'03'' E, 1919 m, Köse, 29 IV 2008; 8 ƤƤ from litter under Berberis sp., 40°15'02'' N, 37°56'50'' E, 700 m, Gölova, 27 IV 2008; 24 ƤƤ from moss on soil, 40°17'48'' N, 37°45'04'' E, 636 m, between Reşadiye-Koyulhisar, 27 IV 2008; 2 ƤƤ from grassy soil, 40°41'33'' N, 36°30'13'' E, 253 m, between Erbaa-Taşova, 27 IV 2008; 4 ƤƤ from decayed bark of tree, 40°15'45'' N, 38°50'17'' E, 1816 m, between Şiran-Gölova 10 V 2008; 2 ƤƤ from grassy soil, 40°15'45'' N, 38°50'17'' E, 1816 m, between Şiran-Gölova 10 V 2008; 13 ƤƤ from moss on soil, 40°17'44'' N, 37°41'45'' E, 768 m, Koyulhisar, 11 V 2008; 9 ƤƤ from moss under forest floor, 40°38'34'' N, 36°37'40'' E, 313m, between Erbaa- Taşova, 11 V 2008; 7 ƤƤ from bark of Pinus sp., 40°38'27'' N, 36°40'14'' E, 494 m, Erbaa, 11 V 2008; 1 Ƥ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°15'17'' N, 37°53'52'' E, 764 m, Koyulhisar, 30 V 2008; 5 ƤƤ from litter and moss under Juniperus sp., 40°15'17'' N, 37°53'52'' E, 764 m, Koyulhisar, 30 V 2008; 20 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp. and Quercus sp., 40°17'11'' N, 39°35'29'' E, 1790 m, Köse Mountain, 31 V 2008; 4 ƤƤ from litter under Ulmus sp. and Quercus sp., 40°28'08'' N, 36°00'46'' E, 329 m, between Niksar-Reşadiye, 27 VI 2008; 2 ƤƤ from litter under stone, 40°19'20'' N, 38°39'38'' E, 1425 m, Alucra, 27 VI 2008; 8 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°16'56'' N, 39°35'41'' E, 1770 m, Köse Mountain, 27 VI 2008; 13 ƤƤ, 2 33 from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°17'38'' N, 39°34'09'' E, 1916 m, Köse Mountain, 29 VI 2008; 9 ƤƤ, 1 3 from moss on soil, 40°14'59'' N, 38°57'10'' E, 1592 m, between Şiran-Alucra, 29 IX 2008; 3 ƤƤ from lichen and moss on Pinus sp., 40°14'59'' N, 38°57'10'' E, 1592 m, between Şiran-Alucra, 29 IX 2008; 8 ƤƤ from litter under Betulacea, 40°16'33'' N, 39°37'23'' E, 1848 m, Köse Mountain, 26 X 2008; 1 Ƥ from moss and lichen on soil, 40°16’17'' N, 39°37'34'' E, 1805 m, Köse Mountain 16 XI 2008; 2 ƤƤ from litter under Astragalus sp., 40°16'31'' N, 39°37'20'' E, 1880 m, Köse Mountain, 16 XI 2008; 4 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°16'31'' N, 39°37'20'' E, 1880 m, Köse Mountain, 16 XI 2008; 2 ƤƤ from fungi, 40°16'25'' N, 39°35'50'' E, 1845 m, Köse Mountain, 16 XI 2008; 2 ƤƤ from litter under mixed forest, 40°15'47'' N, 38°50'29'' E, 1798 m, between Alucra-Gülova, 16 XI 2008; 7 ƤƤ from moss an lichen on litter, 40°16'29'' N, 39°37'58'' E, 1796 m, Köse Mountain, 01 XII 2008; 2 ƤƤ from litter under Pinus sp., 40°16'29'' N, 39°37'58'' E, 1796 m, Köse Mountain, 01 XII 2008; 8 ƤƤ from litter under Astragalus sp., 40°17'28'' N, 39°38'29'' E, 6049 m, Köse Mountain; 23 IV 2009; 9 ƤƤ from litter under Juniperus sp. 40°04'87'' N, 39°29'42'' E, 4854 m, Kelkit, 23 IV 2009; 11 ƤƤ from decayed bark of tree, 40°24'83'' N, 37°20'11'' E, 2482 m, Reşadiye, 25 IV 2009; 19 ƤƤ from moss and lichen, 40°21'28'' N, 37°27'72'' E, 1643 m, between Reşadiye-Koyulhisar, 25 IV 2009; 1 Ƥ from litter under Juniperus sp., 40°17'83'' N, 37°44'50'' E, 1831 m, between Reşadiye-Koyulhisar, 25 IV 2009; 3 ƤƤ from soil under stone, 40°14'96'' N, 37°56'02'' E, 692 m, Suşehri, 17 V 2009; ZMAU.
Distribution. Austria, Crimea, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Taiwan, Turkey and U.S.A. (Ewing 1917; Willmann 1951; Tseng 1982; Kuznetsov & Petrov 1984; Koç & Ayyıldız 2000; Doġan 2005, 2007; Ripka et al. 2005; Akyol 2007; Erman et al. 2007; Faraji et al. 2007; Kazaklı 2008).
Remarks. Bushy dorsal body setae, oval, rectangular and triangular dorsal dimples, and femur II with four setae are diagnostic characters for E. anauniensis. Our specimens resemble other specimens of the species in general features.
description: Published as part of Dönel, Güldem & Doğan, Salih, 2011, The stigmaeid mites (Acari: Stigmaeidae) of Kelkit Valley (Turkey), pp. 1-56 in Zootaxa 2942 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.201260