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Contributions to the knowledge of Torrenticolid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in Doupengshan, China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China.
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China.
Acari Torrenticolid mite taxonomy Chinese fauna key

Abstract

Six species of Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Doupengshan are presented, including four species of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (T. trigona Gu & Guo, sp. nov., T. siamis Pešić & Smit, 2009, T. tenuichelicera Gu & Guo, 2018 and T. tetraporella Cook, 1967), and two species of the genus Monatractides K. Viets, 1926 (M. hamatapodemus Gu & Guo, sp. nov. and M. oxystoma (Viets, 1935)), of which T. siamis is recorded for the Chinese fauna for the first time. Detailed descriptions for the new and newly recorded species and a key to all species of Torrenticolidae so far known from China are provided. Furthermore, the first description is given for the female of T. tenuichelicera.

 

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