Two species, Parathyas pingwuensis Zhong & Guo sp. nov. and Parathyas qilianensis Zhong & Guo sp. nov., were described and illustrated in detail as new species to science, which represent a new recorded genus of Euthyadinae K. Viets, 1931 for the Chinese water mite fauna, and were collected from Wanglang National Natural Reserve, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province and Qilian Mountain, Qinghai Province, China.
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19 February 2025
The first record of the water mite genus Parathyas Lundblad, 1926 (Acari: Hydryphantoidea: Hydryphantidae) from China with description of two new species
Hao Zhong,
Xin-Yao Gu,
Ping Li,
Zhan-Yu Hu,
Jian-Jun Guo
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Chinese fauna
new record
new species
Water mites