Three new species of the subgenus Unionicola Haldeman, 1842 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae) from Guizhou, China

Zhuhui Ding; Daochao Jin; Jianjun Guo; Tianci Yi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.6

Three new species of the subgenus Unionicola Haldeman, 1842 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae) from Guizhou, China

Zootaxa. 2019 Aug 21;4658(1):zootaxa.4658.1.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.6.

Authors

Zhuhui Ding¹, Daochao Jin, Jianjun Guo, Tianci Yi

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of the Mountainous Region, Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pest in Guiyang, Ministry of Agriculture, P. R. China, Guiyang 550025, P. R. China.. user@example.com.

PMID: 31716760
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.6

Abstract

By investigating watermite collections from Guizhou province, China in 2006, three new Unionicola species are described: Unionicola (Unionicola) maolanensis sp. nov., Unionicola (Unionicola) xishuiensis sp. nov. and Unionicola (Unionicola) suiyangensis sp. nov.. A key is presented for the hitherto known five Chinese Unionicola species of the subgenus based on males and females.

Keywords: Water Mites, Taxonomy, Chinese Fauna, Oriental Region, Key on Chinese Unionicola, Acari.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Female
Male
Mites*