Three new species of the subgenus Otocepheus (Acrotocepheus) (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from China

By

Zheng, Lihao
Chen, Jun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

934

Pages

1--23

Subjects

key , new record , new species , Oribatid mites , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.934.49862

 

Abstract

Three new species of subgenus Otocepheus (Acrotocepheus): O. (A.) digitatussp. nov., O. (A.) multigranulatussp. nov., and O. (A.) occultatussp. nov. are proposed and described based on adult material collected from China, and O. (A.) duplicornutus Aoki, 1965 is reported in China for the first time. A key to Chinese species of the subgenus Acrotocepheus is provided.