Kurt, Kemal

The genus Kovalius is recorded as new for the Turkish harvestman fauna by the collection of Kovalius logunovi Tchemeris, 2023 from K & uuml;rt & uuml;n district of G & uuml;m & uuml;& scedil;hane province, Turkey. Brief morphological descriptions are provided for the newly record species. Also, the genital morphology of the female was described and photographed for the first time.

Kurt, Kemal

The genus Kovalius is recorded as new for the Turkish harvestman fauna by the collection of Kovalius logunoviTchemeris, 2023 from Kürtün district of Gümüşhane province, Turkey. Brief morphological descriptions are provided for the newly record species. Also, the genital morphology of the female was described and photographed for the first time.

Kurt, Kemal; Yagmur, Ersen Aydln; Kurt, Plnar

The female of Rafalskia azizsancari Kurt, Yagmur & Tezcan, 2019, previously known only from the male in Turkey, is now described based on new material from Ödemiş District, Izmir Province, Turkey. Detailed morphological descriptions, photographs and illustration of the female ovipositor are provided.

Kurt, Kemal; Yaǧmur, Ersen Aydin

Lacinius insularis Roewer, 1923, is recorded for the first time as part of the Turkish harvestmen fauna. Prior to this, the species was only known from the island of Crete in Greece. The new collections were made on Nif mountain in İzmir Province (far western Turkey). In this study, L. insularis is redescribed based on adults from Turkey. Its detailed description, morphological characteristics, distribution and measurements are given. Also, genitalia, body dorsal view, chelicerae, and pedipalp are illustrated. In addition, this species is compared with similar species.

Kurt, Kemal

Two species of the genus Vestiferum Martens, 2006 were found in Turkey. One of them, V. funebre (Redikortsev, 1936) is found in Turkey for the first time. The other species V. alatum Martens, 2006 is recorded from a new locality in Turkey. Both species were collected from the northern part of Turkey. Their descriptions, characteristic features, distributions and digital and SEM photographs are presented.

Kurt, Kemal

Two harvestmen species were collected from Trabzon Province in Turkey. Rilaena ermani sp. n. is described as new to science, and Rilaena zakatalica Snegovaya & Chemeris, 2005 is recorded for the first time in Turkey. Detailed descriptions and illustrations of new species are provided. Differences between the new species and related species are discussed. In addition, illustrations of new record are also presented.

Kurt, Kemal; Koç, Halil; Yaʇmur, Ersen Aydin

Two harvestmen species, Mediostoma haasi (Roewer, 1953) and Phalangium armatum Snegovaya, 2005, are recorded in Turkey for the first time. Their description, characteristic features, distributions, measurements and photographs of genitalia and general habitus of both sexes are presented.

Kurt, Kemal

A new species, Homolophus snegovayae sp. nov. (Opiliones, Phalangiidae), is described and illustrated based on a male and females collected in southeast Anatolia, Turkey. Differences between the new species and related species are discussed. Photographs of characteristic structures are also provided.

Kurt, Kemal

Phalangium riedeli Staręga, 1973, previously known only from the male in Syria, is redescribed on the basis of newly collected material from Turkey. The female of this species is described for the first time. Its description, characteristic features, distribution, measurements and photographs of genitalia and general habitus of both sexes are presented.

Kurt, Kemal; Erman, Ömer Köksal; Snegovaya, Nataly Yu.

Paranemastoma kalischevskyi (Roewer, 1951) is recorded in Turkey for the first time. The morphological characteristic features, exact locality and general distribution are provided for this species.