Two new species of steganacarid mites (Oribatida: Phthiracaroidea) from Yunnan Province, Southwest China, Plonaphacarus chuxiongensissp. nov. and Hoplophthiracarus jianchuanensissp. nov., are described and illustrated. Keys to all known species of Plonaphacarus and Hoplophthiracarus from China are proposed to facilitate further studies of these groups.
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10 April 2020
New findings of ptyctimous mites of the family Steganacaridae (Acari, Oribatida, Phthiracaroidea) from Yunnan Province, Southwest China
Dong Liu
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Systematic and Applied Acarology
Vol. 25 • No. 4
April 2020
Vol. 25 • No. 4
April 2020
Hoplophthiracarus
morphology
new species
Plonaphacarus
soil mites
systematics