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

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

Author(s) -

Xu Zhang,

DaoChao Jin

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.158.1970

Subject(s) - acari , subgenus , china , fauna , biology , zoology , ecology , taxonomy (biology) , geography , archaeology

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

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