Table 4. Morphological distinguishing characters between Z in Contributions to the Zerconidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) fauna of Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park, Türkiye

Table 4. Morphological distinguishing characters between Z. dilekensis sp. nov. and closer species within the same genus.
CharactersZ. dilekensis sp. nov.Z. cretensis UJvári, 2008Z. plumatopilus Athias-Henriot, 1961Z. turcicus Urhan and Ayyıldız, 1994Podonotal seta j2smoothsmoothfinely barbedfinely barbedOpisthonotal seta J5not reaching to margin of opistho- notumreaching to mar- gin of opisthono- tumreaching to beyond of opisthonotumreaching to beyond of opisthonotumOpisthonotal seta S4not reaching to be- yond of opisthono- tumreaching to be- yond of opistho- notumreaching to beyond of opisthonotumreaching to beyond of opisthonotumMarginal setae of opisthonotum (S1 + R1–R6)finely barbed wit- hout hyaline en- dingsfinely barbed with hyaline endingsfinely barbed without hyaline endingsfinely barbed without hyaline endingsOpisthonotal pore gdZ3located between setae J5 and Z4located between setae J5 and Z4located between setae J5 and Z4located between setae J4 and Z4Anterior margin of ventrianal shi- eldwith 2 setaewith 2 setaewith 2 setaewith 4 setaeSeta JV5finely barbed with hyaline endingselongated and smoothfinely barbed without hyaline endingsfinely barbed without hyaline endings