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ISSN 1362-1971 An international journal of the Systematic and Applied Acarology Society, published since 1996 [Aims] [Editors] [Content] [Subscriptions] [Contact details] [Society Homepage] |
Systematic & Applied Acarology (2002) 7, 149-158Mites of the genus
Summersiella Gonzalez (Acari: Stigmaeidae)QING-HAI FAN 1 & ZHI-QIANG ZHANG 2
1 Department of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China; E-mail:
qhfan@pub2.fz.fj.cn
2 Landcare Research, P.B. 92170, Auckland, New Zealand; e-mail: ZhangZ@landcareresearch.co.nz
Abstract
The systematic status of the genus Summersiella Gonzalez is reviewed and a revised definition is proposed. A
new species, Summersiella camphorae, from the leaves of camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) in Fujian
Province of China, is described and illustrated. This new species is distinguished from the only known species,
Summersiella coprosmae (Wood), by having an apparently sclerotized hexagonal central hysterosomal shield
with five pairs of setae; by having much shorter dorsal setae (ve not exceeding base of sci); by the following
ratios: vi/vi-vi = 0.7, ve/ve-sci = 1.0; and by the length of solenidion w on tarsus I (19-21 mm).
Key words: Acari, Stigmaeidae, Summersiella, revision, new species.
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