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Issue: Vol. 2140 No. 1: 24 Jun. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2140.1.3
Page range: 27–32
Abstract views: 46
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Descriptions of a new genus Orientilimnesia (Hydrachnidia: Limnesiidae Thor, 1900) with a new species from China

Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Pest Management in Mountain Agriculture, Guiyang 550025, China
Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China Key Laboratory of Plant Diseases and Pest Management in Mountain Agriculture, Guiyang 550025, China
Department of Biology, Huaibei Coal Industry Teachers College, 235000, China
Department of Biology, Huaibei Coal Industry Teachers College, 235000, China
Arachnida Water mite taxonomy China

Abstract

One new genus, Orientilimnesia gen. nov., and a new species, O. sinuata sp. nov., in the family Limnesiidae Thor, 1900 are described from Guizhou and Fujian, China.Keys words: Water mite, taxonomy, China

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