A new species of Xenotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from West Bengal, India with keys to the Asian species
2022
Mondal, Priyankar | Ganguly, Moumi | Kayal, Sandipan
A new species of XenotarsonemusBeer, 1954 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae), Xenotarsonemus krishnaisp. nov. Mondal & Ganguly is described based on the specimens collected from the fern species Arthromeris wallichiana naturally grown in the Himalayan forests of Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. This registers the first species of Xenotarsonemus from India and the eighth species from the Asian continent. A note on the ventral coxisternal fissures of Xenotarsonemus species and keys to differentiate the Asian species are provided.
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