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Issue: Vol. 3001 No. 1: 23 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3001.1.3
Page range: 49–56
Abstract views: 35
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A new species of Podocinum Berlese (Acari: Podocinidae) and a key to species of the genus from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China Institute of Pathogens and Vectors, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan Province 671000, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China
Institute of Pathogens and Vectors, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan Province 671000, P.R. China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; The Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China
Acari Podocinidae Podocinum new species China

Abstract

Mites were collected from leaf litter and the fur of a wild rodent (Niviventer fulvescens ) in Guizhou Province of China, and described as Podocinum guizhouense sp. nov. (Podocinidae). This is the first report of Podocinidae from a wild rodent host, but this ecological association may be accidental. A key to the females of Podocinum from China is provided.

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