宁夏维螨属一新种记述(蜱螨亚纲,维螨科)

A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS VEIGAIA FROM NINGXIA,CHINA (ACARI,VEIGAIAIDAE)

记述维螨属Veigaia Oudemans,19051新种,于氏维螨Veigaia yuxini Bai,MaetLi,sp.nov.,标本采自宁夏六盘山自然保护区落叶腐殖层中,保存于军事医学科学院微生物流行病研究所医学昆虫标本馆。

This paper reports a new species of the genus Veigaia from the Liupanshan Nature Reserve,Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.All measurements are given in microns.The type specimen is deposited in the Institute of Microbiology ＆ Epidemiology,the Academy of Military Medical Sciences,Beijing.Veigaia yuxini Bai,Ma et Li,sp.nov.（Figs.1-4）The new species resembles Veigaia taibaiensis Bai et Qin,2005,but differs from the latter in：body length 1154,width 711,podonotal plate length 618,width 639,with 20 pairs setae opisthimital plate with 22 pairs setae;median fork-like of tacum with 2 denticlesn;M_2 length 158;genital shield 245×255,anal plate 151×117;Middle part of ventral plate long 209,distance between last pair of anal setae 187.Holotype ♀,by BAI Xue-Li,collected from litter from the Liupanshan Nature Reserve（106°15＇N,35°21＇E）,16 June 2001,Ningxia Hui Autonomous Reging,China.Etymology.This new specie is named in honor of Dr.YU Xin,a famous medical siphonapterologist in China.