Abstract
In this study, we report a new species of the genus Valiatrella Gorochov, 2005 from China. The new species is overall green colour, which makes it different from all other known Valiatrella species. Specimens studied in this study are deposited in the Museum of East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (ECNU).
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