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Issue: Vol. 2479 No. 1: 20 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2479.1.3
Page range: 39–58
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

A review of Mesotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species and a checklist of known taxa

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, P. R. China
Acari soil mites Oribatida Oribotritiidae Mesotritia new species new record China

Abstract

The oribatid mite genus Mesotritia Forsslund, 1963 (Oribotritiidae) is reviewed. Five species of Mesotritia including two new species, Mesotritia bicarinata sp. nov. and Mesotritia serrata sp. nov., and three newly recorded species from China, M. maerkeli Sheals, 1965, M. nuda (Berlese, 1887) and M. okuyamai Aoki, 1980, are identified. A checklist of all known species and a key to the Chinese species of this genus are provided.

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