New records of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor; 1900 from China (Acari, Hydrachnidia), with descriptions of two new species

Authors: Zhang, Xu Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.158.1970 Published: Jan. 1, 2011 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Hydrachnidia · Topics: Study of Mite Species, Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies

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Five species of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor, 1900 are reported from China. Two of them are new to science, Sperchon (Sperchon) orbipatella sp.n. and S. (Sperchon) urumqiensis sp. n., and the other three are new to China, i.e., Sperchon (Palpisperchon) nikkoensis Imamura, 1976, S. (Sperchon) sounkyo Imamura, 1954 and Sperchonopsis (Sperchonopsella) whiteshellensis Conroy, 1991. The first descriptions of the female of S. nikkoensis and the male of S. sounkyo are also given. The subgenus Sperchonopsella Conroy is new to the fauna of China.

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