Oribatid mites from Wanda Mountains in China, with description of a new species of the genus Pilogalumna

Abstract

An annotated checklist of oribatid mites from the Wanda Mountains in China is presented. Eight species, eight genera and six families have been found, including a new species. The new species Pilogalumna minima sp. nov. is described and illustrated. This is the first record of this genus from China. In addition, Parachipteria bella (Sellnick, 1928) is newly reported from China.

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Keywords:

• Oribatida
• Pilogalumna
• new species
• Wanda Mountains
• Heilongjiang Province
• China

Acknowledgements

We are very grateful to Prof. Jun Chen, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for supplying references to the first author. Sincere thanks are also due to the anonymous reviewers for their critical reading of the manuscript and valuable suggestions. This work was supported by the Funds for The Excellent Youth Scholars of “NEIGAE, CAS” (DLSYQ2012004), the Knowledge Innovation Programs of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KSCX2-EW-Z-8), the Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China – Fauna Sinica (31093430), the National Natural Science-Foundation of China (Grant No. 31101617) and the key research program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZZD-EW-TZ-16).