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The second species of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from Türkiye

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A new species of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus), L. (A.) sivasensis sp. n., is described and illustrated from an ectoparasitic larva collected from Cerceris sabulosa (Panzer, 1799) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in İmranlı district of Sivas province, Türkiye. The holotype and paratypes of Leptus (Amaroptus) vuki are studied and some corrections to the original description are presented. Also, new metric data and host records are given for L. (L.) tridentatus and L. (L.) rosellae, and intraspecific differences of both species are discussed.

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The University of Tehran supported the senior author for his one-year sabbatical period, which is greatly appreciated. This study was supported by Aydin Adnan Menderes University Research Foundation (ZRF-22006). We are very grateful to Dr. Andreas Wohltmann and another anonymous referee for their valuable comments which highly improved the quality of the paper.

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  1. Jalal Afshar Zoological Museum, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

    Alireza Saboori

  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Aydin Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Türkiye

    Alireza Saboori & Ibrahim Cakmak

  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University, Tokat, Türkiye

    İlyas Can

  4. Department of Research and Innovation, Saveetha School of Engineering, SIMATS, Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 602105, India

    Ibrahim Cakmak

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Saboori, A., Can, İ. & Cakmak, I. The second species of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from Türkiye. Biologia 79, 115–122 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01504-5

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