<strong>Oribatid mites of China: a review of progress, with a checklist</strong>

Abstract

The present paper gives a review of the taxonomic study on the suborder Oribatida (the cohort Astigmata excepted) in China including Hong Kong and Taiwan, with a checklist of 599 species and subspecies in 275 genera, representing 97 families. One junior synonymes is proposed, i.e., Peloribates praeoccupatus Subías, 2004 is regarded as a junior synonym of Peloribates tsengi Wen, Wang &amp; Chen, 2003. The taxonomic study of oribatid mites in China was started by A. P. Jacot in 1922, and was very productive during the period from 1980 to the end of last century with the efforts of several Chinese and foreign oribatologists. In addition to taxonomic research, publications on biodiversity, seasonal dynamics, biological monitoring for soil pollution, and esterase isoenzyme patterns of oribatid mites have been published by Chinese scholars.

Three new species of the subgenus Otocepheus (Acrotocepheus) (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from China

“…(Hexatocepheus) emeiensis from Sichuan, China as type. Until now, only two subgenera and two species of Otocepheus were recorded in China (Chen et al 2010). During studies of oribatid mites from China, we discovered three new species of subgenus Otocepheus (Acrotocepheus)-O.…”

Taxonomic data on two species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida), with additions to the fauna of China

“…Oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida) of China are moderately known (Chen et al 2010). Our work is based on materials collected from Macau Peninsula, Taipa Island and Coloane Island, Macao SAR, China during 2016 to 2018.…”

<p class="Body">Two new species of Papillacarus (Acari, Oribatida, Lohmanniidae) <strong style="font-size: 10px;">from China

“…The main subgeneric characters of Papillacarus (V.) are the following: pygidial setae branched or tree-shaped; strong additional neotrichal setae, more than 20 pairs (Balogh 1961;Wallwork 1962;Aoki 1965;Balogh & Balogh 1987, 1992. Prior to this study, eight species of the genus Papillacarus have been recorded in China (Wang & Hu 1990, Li et al 1991, Chen et al 2010a, Chen et al 2010b, Chen & Yang 2011: Papillacarus (Papillacarus) echinatus Li et al 1991, Papillacarus (Vepracarus) hirsutus Aoki, 1961, Papillacarus (P.) ondriasi Mahunka, 1974, Papillacarus (P.) undirostratus Aoki, 1965, Papillacarus (V.) cruzae Corpuz-Raros, 1979, Papillacarus (V.) punctatus Wang & Hu, 1990, Papillacarus (V.) jinggangshanensis Chen et al 2010b, Papillacarus (V.) konglinensis Chen & Yang, 2011. Identification keys for some species of Papillacarus were presented by Balogh and Balogh (1987), Ermilov et al (2012), Ermilov and Tolstikov (2015).…”