Three species of Torrenticolidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) with a newly recorded subgenus from Hainan Island, China

ABSTRACT

The paper deals with three species, of which one is new to science, Torrenticola (Megapalpis) yii Gu & Guo sp. nov., and two are newly recorded species for the Chinese fanua, Torrenticola (Torrenticola) neoungeri Pešić, Asadi & Smit, 2019 and Neoatractides (Allotorrenticola) malayensis (Wiles, 1991). Torrenticola (Megapalpis) yii Gu & Guo sp. nov. is the second species of Megapalpis in China, and the 21^st in the world. Meanwhile, Neoatractides (Allotorrenticola) malayensis (Wiles, 1991) represents a newly recorded subgenus Allotorrenticola from China.

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KEYWORDS:

• Acari
• torrenticolid mite
• new species
• new record subgenus
• China

Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Zhuhui Ding (Anshun University, P. R. China) for collections of research specimens.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This research was supported by Guizhou Provincial Science and Technology Projects [Qiankehe Pingtai Rencai-GCC [2022]029-1]; Guizhou Science and Technology Project [No. Qiankehe Pingtai Rencai [2017]5788].