<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Chinese water mites of the genus Torrenticola </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Pie</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">rsig, 1896 (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae), with descriptions of two new species and a new record from Foding Mountain</span>

Abstract

Three water mite species of the genus Torrenticola Piersig, 1896 are reported from Foding Mountain National Nature Reserve, Guizhou Province, China. Torrenticola fodingensis Gu &amp; Guo, n. sp. and T. tenuichelicera Gu &amp; Guo, n. sp. are described and illustrated as new to science, and T. nipponica (Enami, 1940) is recorded in China for the first time, with the first description and illustration of its deutonymph. In addition, a key to the species ofTorrenticola in China is presented in this paper. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, P. R. China (GUGC).

New records of the subgenus Soarella Koenike, 1907 from China (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Unionicolidae, Neumania), with the description of five new species

“…The specimens were prepared for study using the methods of Jin (1997) and Gu et al (2018). All holotypes and paratypes will be deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, P. R. China (GUGC) (Zhang 2018).…”

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

“…Torrenticola nipponica (Enami, 1940) Atractides nipponicus Enami 1940: 221. Torrenticola nipponica: Chung & Kim 1995: 27;Pešić et al 2013: 30;Gu et al 2018Gu et al : 1973 Diagnosis. Idiosoma oval, purple or reddish; antero-medial platelets rectangular oval; P-2 with three to five thick and long setae, one dorsal short-thin seta, and with a ventral prolongation bearing a long seta; P-3 with two or three dorsal and a ventral prolongation bearing a long seta; P-4 with four fine dorsal setae and two ventral prolongations bearing one long and three short setae.…”