Contributions to the knowledge of Torrenticolid water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in Doupengshan, China

Abstract

Six species of Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Doupengshan are presented, including four species of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 (T. trigona Gu & Guo, sp. nov., T. siamis Pešić & Smit, 2009, T. tenuichelicera Gu & Guo, 2018 and T. tetraporella Cook, 1967), and two species of the genus Monatractides K. Viets, 1926 (M. hamatapodemus Gu & Guo, sp. nov. and M. oxystoma (Viets, 1935)), of which T. siamis is recorded for the Chinese fauna for the first time. Detailed descriptions for the new and newly recorded species and a key to all species of Torrenticolidae so far known from China are provided. Furthermore, the first description is given for the female of T. tenuichelicera.

First collection of Torrenticolidae (Hydrachnidiae, Acari) from Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, China, with descriptions of two new species

“…Remarks. The specimens from Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve show general agreement with the types of T. siamis Pešić & Smit, 2009(Pešić & Smit 2009Gu et al 2019b), with no obvious differences present.…”

Contributions to Chinese fauna of Torrenticolidae Piersig, 1902 (Acari, Hydrachnidia), with the description of three new species

“…In the number of species, the family Torrenticolidae is one of the largest groups of water mites. Until now, the total number of torrenticolid mites is about 600 worldwide, but only 38 species are known from China, including the three new species added in this paper (Gu et al 2019a(Gu et al , 2020a. This means that the Chinese torrenticolid mites fauna is largely unknown, and the identification of Chinese torrenticolid species will be a focus in the near future.…”