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1 December 2009 Taxonomic Study of the Genus Maerkelotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae) from China, with Description of a New Species
Dong Liu, Wojciech Niedbała, Jun Chen
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Abstract

The genus Maerkelotritia is reviewed. Maerkelotritia fusiformis sp. nov. from litter in temperate forest in Shanxi Province, China, is described, and one newly recorded species, M. krivolutzkii Märkel, 1968, is redescribed. M. kirghizica Niedbała, 2006 is considered as a new junior synonym of M. krivolutzkii. The genus Maerkelotritia is reported for the first time from China.

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Dong Liu, Wojciech Niedbała, and Jun Chen "Taxonomic Study of the Genus Maerkelotritia (Acari: Oribatida: Oribotritiidae) from China, with Description of a New Species," Annales Zoologici 59(4), 511-516, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.3161/000345409X484892
Received: 17 July 2009; Accepted: 1 September 2009; Published: 1 December 2009
KEYWORDS
China
Maerkelotritia
new record
new species
new synonym
oribatid mite
Oribotritiidae
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