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31 December 2019 Tarsocheylidae, a newly recorded family with description of a new species from China
Yun Xu, Yu-Zhen Zhu, Jie-Qin Wu, Fei-Ping Zhang
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Abstract

A new species of the genus Hoplocheylus Atyeo and Baker (Acariformes: Heterostigmata: Tarsocheylidae), H. lindquisti Xu & Zhang sp. nov., is described based on larva, deutonymph, adult male and female specimens collected from the bark of dead Pinus massoniana Lamb. infested with Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Fuzhou city, China. This is the first report of the genus Hoplocheylus and the family Tarsocheylidae in China.

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Yun Xu, Yu-Zhen Zhu, Jie-Qin Wu, and Fei-Ping Zhang "Tarsocheylidae, a newly recorded family with description of a new species from China," Systematic and Applied Acarology 24(12), 2492-2502, (31 December 2019). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.24.12.14
Received: 14 November 2019; Accepted: 20 December 2019; Published: 31 December 2019
KEYWORDS
Acari
Heterostigmatina
Hoplocheylus
morphology
Tarsocheyloidea
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