Two new species of Campachipteria (Acari, Oribatida, Achipteriidae) from China

ABSTRACT

Two new species of Achipteriidae, Campachipteria (Campachipteria) lushuiensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province, and Campachipteria (Triachipteria) ludingensis sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, Southwest China are described and illustrated. Campachipteria (C.) lushuiensis sp. nov. is most similar to Campachipteria (C.) uenoi, however, it can be distinguished from the latter by the areae porosae Aa, A1, A2 larger, distance Aa–lm shorter than one-half of the size of Aa, areae porosae consisting of fine and dense punctures, seta le thickened, smooth and beyond the tip of lamellae. Campachipteria (T.) ludingensis sp. nov. is most similar to Campachipteria (T.) truncata, however, it can be distinguished from the latter by the seta in smooth and short than one-half of lamellae, seta le minute, inserted dorsally on the lamellae and not reaching the distal parts of lamellae.

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KEYWORDS:

• Achipteriidae
• new species
• systematics
• morphology
• China

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our gratitude to Professor Roy A. Norton (State University of New York, Syracuse, U. S. A.) for providing literature. Thanks are also due to Ping Feng and QiuXiao Tang (Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang of China) for collecting the specimens. This project was supported by the Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2015FY210300); the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province, China (No. 20164022); the Funds for National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No.31601841).

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Funding

This work was supported by the This project was supported by the Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China [2015FY210300]; the Program of Excellent Innovation Talents, Guizhou Province, China [No. 20164022]; the Funds for National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [No.31601841].