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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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
Acari
Heterostigmatina
Hoplocheylus
morphology
Tarsocheyloidea