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Issue: Vol. 3937 No. 1: 24 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.1.6
Page range: 127–146
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 3

Acrotritia species (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) from China with description of a new species

Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, P. R. China.
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
soil mites Oribatida Euphthiracaridae Acrotritia new species new record key China

Abstract

In this paper, eight species of Acrotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) are identified, including a new species, Acrotritia tibetensis sp. nov., and four newly recorded species from China: Acrotritia gracile (Niedbała, 2000), Acrotritia hauseri (Mahunka, 1991), Acrotritia refracta (Niedbała, 1998) and Acrotritia simile (Mahunka, 1982). An updated diagnosis of the genus and remarks on some known species are presented, the validity of species A. hauseri is discussed, and a key to Chinese known species of Acrotritia is also provided.