A catalogue of the Chinese Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata)

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Systematic & Applied Acarology (2008) 13, 256–278.

A catalogue of the Chinese Raphignathoidea (Acari: Prostigmata)

HONG CHENG & QING-HAI FAN¹

Key Lab of Biopesticide and Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education; College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
^{1Corresponding author. E-mail: fanqh@acarology.org}
Abstract

This paper provides an annotated list of 112 valid species discovered or recorded in China until the end of June, 2008 in 8 families and 31 genera of the superfamily Raphignathoidea. Information on the invalid names, synonyms and nomina nuda related to the Chinese fauna is provided. A new synonym and four new combinations are proposed, namely, Eustigmaeus yandangensis syn. nov., Ledermuelleria changbaiensis comb. nov., Zetzellia litchii comb. nov., Z. longanae comb. nov. and Z. spinosus comb. nov. A name, Agistemus phyllanthus is considered a nomen nudum.

Key words: Trombidiformes, key, synonyms, habitat, distribution

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