Zootaxa 4006 (1): 001–039 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C01A84B-7183-4577-96F6-67E415FD25DD and () in Shanxi Province, China: an annotated checklist

MIN MA1, SHENG-CAI LI1, 3 & QING-HAI FAN2, 3 1Department of Agriculture, Shanxi Agriculture University, Taigu, China 2Plant Health & Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, Auckland, New Zealand 3Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Table of contents

Abstract ...... 2 Introduction ...... 2 Material and methods ...... 4 A checklist of mites and ticks (Acari) in Shanxi ...... 4 Order Ixodida (24 classified in 2 families and 9 genera) ...... 4 Koch, 1844 (2 species in 2 genera) ...... 4 Koch, 1844 (22 species in 7 genera)...... 4 Order (74 species classified in 12 families and 34 genera) ...... 8 Ameroseiidae Evans in Hughes, 1961 (1 species in 1 ) ...... 8 Kolenati, 1859 (5 species in 2 genera)...... 8 Berlese, 1892 (33 species in 13 genera) ...... 8 Macrochelidae Vitzthum, 1930 (8 species in 2 genera) ...... 12 Oudemans, 1936 (7 species in 3 genera) ...... 13 Ologamasidae Ryke, 1962 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 14 Oudemans, 1901 (9 species in 5 genera)...... 14 Berlese, 1916 (4 species in 3 genera) ...... 15 Rhodacaridae Oudemans, 1902 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 16 Spinturnicidae Oudemans, 1902 (2 species in 2 genera) ...... 16 Veigaiaidae Oudemans, 1939 (2 species in 1 genus)...... 16 Order (17 species classified in 10 families and 14 genera) ...... 17 Latreille, 1802 (3 species in 3 genera) ...... 17 Berlese, 1896 (2 species in 1 genus)...... 17 Jacot, 1930 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 17 Berlese, 1887 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 17 Knemidokoptidae Dubinin, 1953 (2 species in 2 genera) ...... 18 Grandjean, 1954 (3 species in 2 genera) ...... 18 Canestrini, 1892 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 18 Cunliffe, 1958 (2 species in 1 genus) ...... 19 Murray, 1877 (1 species including 4 sub-species, in 1 genus) ...... 19 Niedbala, 1986 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 19 Order (74 species classified in 15 families and 47 genera) ...... 19 Suborder ...... 19 Anisitsiellidae Koenike, 1910 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 20 Leach, 1815 (2 species in 1 genus) ...... 20 Nicolet, 1855 (3 species in 1 genus)...... 20 Diptilomiopidae Keifer, 1944 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 20 Nalepa, 1898 (26 species in 13 genera) ...... 20 Leeuwenhoekiidae Womersley, 1944 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 23 Oudemans, 1931 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 23 Murray, 1877 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 24 Oudemans, 1937 (3 species in 1 genus)...... 24 Oudemans, 1931 (3 species in 3 genera) ...... 24 Kramer, 1877 (2 species in 2 genera) ...... 24 Berlese, 1913 (1 species in 1 genus) ...... 25 Tetranychidae Donnadieu, 1875 (10 species in 6 genera) ...... 25

Accepted by B. Halliday: 14 Jul. 2015; published: 21 Aug. 2015 1 Ewing, 1929 (16 species in 12 genera) ...... 28 Leach, 1815 (3 species in 2 genera) ...... 30 Incompletely identified species ...... 30 Discussion ...... 32 Acknowledgements ...... 33 References ...... 33

Abstract

This paper reviews the research on mites and ticks in Shanxi Province before 1 January 2015. We provided a checklist of 189 species belonging to 4 orders—Ixodida: 24 species in 2 families and 9 genera; Mesostigmata: 74 species in 12 families and 34 genera; Sarcoptiformes: 17 species in 10 families and 14 genera and Trombidiformes: 74 species in 15 families and 47 genera. Information on the host/habitat and distribution is given for each species. Historical mistakes in records are corrected and the classification of the known species is updated.

Key words: Ixodida, Mesostigmata, Sarcoptiformes, Trombidiformes, checklist, China

Introduction

Shanxi Province (Fig. 1) is located on a plateau in North China, covering about 156,698 square kilometres (34°34′N to 40°43′N, 110°14′E to 114°34′E). It has a typical continental climate—21°C to 26°C in July and below 0°C in January. Morphological, biological and taxonomic research on Acari in the province remain in its early stage, especially in . Many families have not even been touched. There are only 189 species, which is about 3.5% the number of species found in China. Modern acarological research in Shanxi can be traced back to the 1950s when Chinese science started to develop. The early studies were focused on survey, diagnosis and taxonomy, and control of economically important pest mites and ticks. The first study on mites was conducted by Wang & Liu (1953) who reported the urticae (as Tetranychus bimaculatus) on cotton with notes on its distribution, biology and host association. The development of the study of ticks was mainly contributed by Huang (1979), Tian (1980; 1983;1987; 1988; 1989a, b, c), Wang et al. (1985), Guan & Tian (1990), Yang et al. (1997) and Liu et al. (2005), who published papers on survey, biology and seasonal population dynamics of various species. Studies on Mesostigmata mainly concerned the taxonomy of Gamasida, and were published by Teng & Pan (1964), Teng (1980), Tian (1984, 1989d), Tian & Gu (1991, 1992), Gu & Tian (1992), Zhang & Zhang (2000), Bai & Ma (2009, 2013, 2014) and Bai et al. (2012). Studies on Sarcoptiformes started in the late 1970s. The majority of the publications were about taxonomic investigation (Liu et al. 2009; Xie 2011; Xie & Yang 2011; Niedbała et al. 2012). Less than a dozen species within the cohort Astigmata were recorded (Institute of Zootechnics and Veterinary Science of Shanxi 1977; Shen 1984a; Zhang 1990; Shen 1992; Zhang et al. 1995; Liu et al. 1996; Liu et al.1997; Yang et al. 1997; Shi & Shi 2003; Wang et al. 2010; Shi 2011; Xie et al. 2012). Trombidiformes was the most studied order probably because of the economically important families such as Tetranychidae, Eriophyidae and Trombidiidae. More than half the publications of this order were focused on the taxonomy, biology, ecology and control of Tetranychidae (Wang & Liu 1953; Li 1960; Ma & Yuan 1975; Qian & Yuan 1980; Wang et al. 1981; Ma et al. 1984; Jing et al. 1992; Song et al. 1996; Cheng 1999; Cao et al. 2003a, b; Wang et al. 2003; Liu et al. 2004; Li et al. 2007; Shi et al. 2007). The second most studied family was Trombidiidae (Dong et al. 1991; Zhang et al. 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997). Other publications were mainly on Eriophyidae (Xue et al. 2009; Xie & Wang 2013), Stigmaeidae (Wang 1981a; Fan & Chen 2000), Tarsonemidae (Fan & Li 2014), Tenuipalpidae (Qian et al. 1980) and Trombiculidae (Tian et al. 1993; Wen et al. 1996; Zhang et al. 1999). The state of knowledge of a few economically important groups has been reviewed. Tian listed 11 species of ticks (Tian 1980) and 41 gamasid mites in 19 genera and 7 families (Tian 1984). Wang et al. (2010) listed 18 species of mites in eight families. The most comprehensive list was made in 2010 in an internet database, Shanxi Natural Sci-Tech Resources Sharing Platform, which compiled 22 species of ticks and 80 species of mites (Institute of Agricultural Resources and Economics). To summarise the previous studies and set a foundation for the future researches we reviewed the published records and provide an annotated checklist based on the current classification system. We give corrections to the wrongly used scientific names and taxonomic system.

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