Original Paper

A new species of the genus Stygothrombium, representing a newly recorded superfamily Stygothrombioidea Mullen & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1980 (Acari: Stygothrombiae) from China

  • Haitao Li ,
  • Daochao Jin ,
  • Jianjun Guo
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  • Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University; Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pests in Guiyang, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, P.R. China, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China

Online published: 2021-10-24

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This research was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (31772421, 31750002), Guizhou Science and Technology Project (Qiankehe Pingtai Rencai [2017] 5788) and National Key R & D Program of China (2017YFD0201000).

Abstract

The paper deals with a species new to science, Stygothrombium garzensis Li & Guo, sp. nov., collected from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, P.R. China, which represents a newly recorded superfamily Stygothrombioidea Mullen & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1980 to Chinese fauna. The new species is described and illustrated in detail, especially the quantity and characteristic of idiosomal glandularia, with the diagnosis of infracapitulum base approximately 3.5 times as long as rostrum, the second pair of posterior setae on prodorsal plate about half length of posterior portion of prodorsal plate and the second ventroglandularia between the third acetabula and inner posterior angle of the fourth coxae, located at one-third of interval near the third acetabula approximately.

Cite this article

Haitao Li , Daochao Jin , Jianjun Guo . A new species of the genus Stygothrombium, representing a newly recorded superfamily Stygothrombioidea Mullen & Vercammen-Grandjean, 1980 (Acari: Stygothrombiae) from China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2021 , 46(4) : 281 -288 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021402

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