Kurt P.1, Koç H.2 2026. Integrative taxonomy reveals the first record of the genus Carinostoma Kratochvíl, 1958 (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae) in Turkey // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.35. No.1: 110–115 [in English].
1 Gümüşhane Vocational School of Health Services, Gümüşhane University, Gümüşhane, Turkey.
2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Sinop University, Sinop, Turkey.
*corresponding author
Pınar Kurt: pinarkurt29@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-9320
Halil Koç: koc.halil@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0429-2824
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.35.1.11
ABSTRACT. Based on both morphological and molecular data, the genus Carinostoma Kratochvíl, 1958 is recorded for the first time from Turkey. Detailed illustrations of the dorsal body structure, chelicera, and pedipalp are provided. Additionally, an 835 bp fragment of the 28S rRNA gene was sequenced. The systematic position of the species and its genus within the family Nemastomatidae was determined based on Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian (BEAST) analyses.
KEY WORDS: 28S rRNA, Carinostoma carinatum, harvestman, phylogenetic analysis, Türkiye.