First record of the genus Leonardiella in China, with the description of the Leonardiella pappi sp. nov. from Hong Kong (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trachyuropodidae)

Abstract

Leonardiella pappi sp. nov. is described based on six females and two males collected from soil under Machilus sp., in Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve, in Hong Kong. The new species differs from the other species from the congeners in the shape of dorsal and ventral setae and dorsal and ventral sculptural pattern. A new diagnosis to the genus Leonardiella and a new catalog to all known species are given.

Keywords

• Mite
• new species
• South-East Asia

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