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Issue: Vol. 2752 No. 1: 31 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2752.1.2
Page range: 45–61
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

Species of Euphthiracarus (Acari: Oribatida: Euphthiracaridae) from China

Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
Acari Oribatida Euphthiracaridae Euphthiracarus soil mites new species new record China

Abstract

The oribatid mite genus Euphthiracarus Ewing, 1917 in China is reviewed. Eight species of Euphthiracarus including six new species, E. aequalis sp. nov., E. carinatus sp. nov., E. dilatatus sp. nov., E. flagellatus sp. nov., E. longisetus sp. nov., E. longulus sp. nov. are described, and two newly recorded species from China are redescribed. A key to Chinese species of Euphthiracarus is provided.

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