Acucapito hainanensis sp. nov., the first record of the family Acucapitidae Wiles, 1996 (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from China

2022/02/10 by Haitao Li, Dao‐Chao Jin, Jian-Jun Guo · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean #Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology #Study of Mite Species

paper · pdf · doi:10.24349/h7mp-06fx

openalex publication_date 2022/02/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

We describe a new species Acucapito hainanensis Li and Guo sp. nov. from Hainan Province, P. R. China. In addition to being the first record of the family Acucapitidae Wiles, 1996 for Chinese water mite fauna, it is only the third species of this rare family in the world. Subtle structures are illustrated in detail with line drawings, light microscope images and scanning electron micrographs.

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