Three new species of Psilogamasus Athias-Henriot, 1969 (Acari, Parasitiformes, Parasitidae) from Southwest China

By

Yao, Mao-Yuan
Chen, Jian-Xin
Wu, You-Fang
Ren, Rong
Yi, Tian-Ci
Jin, Dao-Chao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-11-12

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1259

Pages

405--421

Subjects

Decomposing leaves , Description , key , Mites , new species , Parasitinae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1259.171008

 

Abstract

<br> The present study reports three new species of<br> Psilogamasus<br> . Among them, one species,<br> Psilogamasus brachysaccatus<br> Jin &amp; Yao,<br> sp. nov.<br> from the Xizang Autonomous Region, China, was described and illustrated based on adult females and males. Two species,<br> Psilogamasus decemtrichus<br> Ren &amp; Yi,<br> sp. nov.<br> and<br> Psilogamasus bidens<br> Ren &amp; Yi,<br> sp. nov.<br> from Yunnan Province, China, were described and illustrated based on females.<br> Parasitus truncatus<br> Tseng is transferred from the genus<br> Parasitus<br> to<br> Psilogamasus<br> . A key to the known species of<br> Psilogamasus<br> is provided.<br>