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Issue: Vol. 2684 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2684.1.2
Page range: 14–24
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species and one new record of the subgenus Hispidosperchon Thor, 1901 within the genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 from China (Acari: Sperchontidae)

The Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Pest Management in Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guiyang 550025, China Anhui Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Biology, Huaibei Normal University; Huaibei 235000, China
The Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural Pest Management in Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Guiyang 550025, China
Acari Hydrachnidia Hispidosperchon new species new record China

Abstract

Three new species of the subgenus Hispidosperchon Thor, 1901, Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) beijingensis sp. nov., Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) heteropoda sp. nov. and Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) huangshanensis sp. nov. are described from China. Sperchon (Hispidosperchon) garhwalensis Kumar, Kumar & Pesic, 2007 is newly recorded with the male described for the first time from China.

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