Protoribates (Protoribates) capucinus

Abstract

Protoribates (Protoribates) capucinus (Berlese, 1908) Material: Two specimens in Saraycık Forest Processing Area, Taşköprü forest, N 41° 22′ 51.20′′, E 34° 32′ 18.21′′, alt. = 1128 m, 3 July 2018; one specimen in Çamkonak Forest Processing Area, Daday, N 41° 23′ 54.24′′, E 33° 13′ 13.73′′, alt. = 1147 m, 30 May 2018, tree trunk of P. nigra. Previous records in Turkey – Erzurum (Ayyildiz 1988), Kocaeli (Yaça and Baran 2019), Konya (Dik et al. 1999). Global distribution – Cosmopolitan. Ecology – All types of habitats with preference of humid forest soils.Published as part of Murvanidze, Maka, Cilbircioğlu, Cihan, Özdemir, Esengül & Inak, Emre, 2020, Checklist of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of the Central Black Sea basin of Turkey with new records for the country, pp. 255-277 in Persian Journal of Acarology 9 (3) on page 264, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v9i3.61909, http://zenodo.org/record/5236444