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Systematic & Applied Acarology
(2009) 14, 243247.A new sand-mite of the genus
Shunsennia in Qinghai Province, China (Acari: Leeuwenhoekiidae)YING MA
Institute for Endemic Disease Prevention and Control of Qinghai Province, Xining 811602, China
Email: mayingxn@163.comAbstract
A new larval sand-mite Shunsennia (Parashunsennia) weni sp. nov. parasitic on Cricetulus longicaudatus from Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province, China was described. This is the third sand-mite species of the genus Shunsennia subgenus Parashunsennia recorded in Qinghai province; the other two are S.(P.) marmota Wen et Ma, 1997 and S.(P.) furcoseta Yang et al., 1998.
Key words: sand-mite, Shunsennia, Parashunsennia, Qinghai Province, new species
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Accepted by T.-H. Wen: 5 Nov. 2009
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