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8 March 2024 Two new species of Limnesia (Acari, Hydrachnidiae, Lebertioidea) from China, with the descriptions of two instars
Hai-Tao Li, Xin-Yao Gu, Yu-Hao Zhang, Dao-Chao Jin, Jian-Jun Guo
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Abstract

A brief introduction of Chinese Limnesiidae taxonomy is provided. Adults of two new species, Limnesia (Limnesia) lupingae Li & Guo sp. nov. and Limnesia (Limnesia) macrophthalma Li & Guo sp. nov., from Heilongjiang and Hubei provinces respectively, are described in detail. Subtle structures are recorded with scanning electron micrographs. In addition, deutonymphs of two new species are also described in detail and compared with the adults in discussion.

Hai-Tao Li, Xin-Yao Gu, Yu-Hao Zhang, Dao-Chao Jin, and Jian-Jun Guo "Two new species of Limnesia (Acari, Hydrachnidiae, Lebertioidea) from China, with the descriptions of two instars," Systematic and Applied Acarology 29(3), 359-375, (8 March 2024). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.29.3.1
Received: 2 December 2023; Accepted: 2 March 2024; Published: 8 March 2024
KEYWORDS
deutonymph
Limnesiidae
new species
SEM
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