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A review of the family Perlohmanniidae Grandjean, 1954 (Acari: Oribatida) is provided with description of a new species: Perlohmannia (Perlohmannia) turcica from Turkey. Identification key to known species of the family is given. SEM images of the new species are also provided.
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This research was supported by the Scientific Research Projects of Sakarya University (SAUBAP), project number 2012-02-20-013. We wish to thank Prof. Dr. Fatih ÜSTEL and his group from Thermal Spray Coating Laboratory (SAÜ-TESLAB) for the Scanning Electron Microscopy investigations.
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Ayyildiz, N., Subias, L.S. & Baran, Ş. Review of the family Perlohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida) with description of a new species from Turkey. Biologia 71, 323–327 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2016-0034
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