Two new species of the subgenus Papillacarus (Oribatida, Lohmanniidae, Papillacarus) from China

• Published in: Zootaxa Vol. 4462; no. 1; p. 100
• Main Authors: Ren, Guoru, Yang, Maofa, Liang, Wenqin, Xie, Lixia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand 24-08-2018
• Subjects: Animals; Bryophyta; China; Mites; China; lohmanniid Acari, mites, new species, systematics, morphology, China
• ISSN: 1175-5334
• DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.1.4

Two new species of Lohmanniidae, Papillacarus (Papillacarus) retinervius sp. nov. from soil in Hainan Province, South China and Papillacarus (Papillacarus) mammilatus sp. nov. from moss and soil in Guizhou Province, Southwest China are described and illustrated. Papillacarus (P.) retinervius sp. nov. is most similar to Papillacarus (P.) polygonatus (Ermilov Anichkin, 2011), however, it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characterstics: 20-21 pairs of additional neotrichal setae, setae d2, e2, h1, p1 shorter, as long as d1, epimeral setal formula 10-8-4-3. Papillacarus (P.) mammilatus sp. nov. is most similar to Papillacarus (P.) angulatus (Wallwork, 1962), however, it can be distinguished from the latter by the following characterstics: transverse bands S3 complete, eight pairs of subcapitular setae, epimeral setal formula 10-6-3-4.