Description of a new sand-mite, Whartonia furcappa sp. nov. (Acariformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae)

Ting-Huan Wen; Man-Shu Zhou; Zheng-Yang Jiang

doi:10.11158/saa.6.1.27

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Ting-Huan Wen,¹ Man-Shu Zhou,² Zheng-Yang Jiang³

¹Medical Acarology Laboratory, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 200032, CHINA; E-mail: thwenc@online.sh.cn
²Sanitation and Anti-Epidemic Station of Sichuan Province, Chengdu 610016, China
³Sanitation and Anti-Epidemic Station of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan 615000, China

Abstract

A new sand-mite Whartonia furcappa Wen & Zhou, sp. nov. is described from a bat in Dechang County, Sichuan Province, China. This new species is characterized by a forked microseta k on both genua and tibia (microgenuala and microtibiala) of leg I. Otherwise, this species accords with the giganism seen in the genus Whartonia, including very long legs, IP=2607.

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Ting-Huan Wen, Man-Shu Zhou, and Zheng-Yang Jiang "Description of a new sand-mite, Whartonia furcappa sp. nov. (Acariformes: Leeuwenhoekiidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 6(1), 195-198, (1 July 2001). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.6.1.27

Accepted: 1 May 2001; Published: 1 July 2001

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