Systematic studies on species of compactozetidae (acari, oribatida) collected from hendek town of Sakarya province

It was aimed to identify soil mites belonging to the family Compactozetidae Luxton, 1988 based on the samples collected from Hendek town of Sakarya province between October 2015 and January 2016. A new species belonging to genus Eupterotegaeus Berlese, 1916, E. hendekensis n. sp., and another species included in the genus Cepheus Koch, 1835, C. dentatus (Michael, 1888) were determined from the collected samles. Morphological features of the identified species were investigated by scanning electron microscopy. The new species E. hendekensis n. sp. shows similarity to E. ornatissimus (Berlese, 1908), but differentiated by the rounded rostrum, absence of translamella or median lamellar process and presence of an arched strong sculpture horizontally elongated on interbothridial region. Previously the species C. dentatus was recorded from the Artvin province of Turkey; this is the second record of this species from Turkey.