Redescription of the sand-mite Walchia (W.) shanniui (Hsu et Chen) (Acariformes: Walchiidae)

Ting-Huan Wen; Peifang Fan

doi:10.11158/saa.6.1.28

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Ting-Huan Wen,¹ Peifang Fan²

¹Medical Acarology Laboratory, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai 200032, CHINA; E-mail: thwenc@online.sh.cn
²Department of Animal Sciences, Shanghai Agricultural College, Shanghai 201101, China

Abstract

The sand-mite, Walchia shanniui (Hsu et Chen), is redescribed here. The mite has a horse-face-shaped scutum with its posterior angle nipple-shaped, and two pairs of usual eyes. Other features of taxonomic importance, particularly the leg pilosity, are also described in detail.

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Ting-Huan Wen and Peifang Fan "Redescription of the sand-mite Walchia (W.) shanniui (Hsu et Chen) (Acariformes: Walchiidae)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 6(1), 199-202, (1 July 2001). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.6.1.28

Accepted: 1 March 2001; Published: 1 July 2001

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