A new species of the genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from Pülümür Valley (Turkey)

Stigmaeus pulumurensis sp. nov. collected in soil and litter samples taken from Pülümür Valley in Tunceli (Turkey), was described as new to the science. In addition, drawings and phase contrast microscopic images of the new species were given. The new species resembles Stigmaeus tokatensis Dönel, Doğan, Sevsay and Bal by the presence of apodemal marking, all dorsal setae except setae f1 and h1-3 on the striated integument and suranal shields entire. However, it differs from the latter by: the absence of one setae on genu IV, the presence of punctuated patterns on the both sides of the prodorsum and the genital shield, and the location on the different shields of aggenital setae.