Systematic Studies On Cunaxidae (Acari: Prostigmata) From Tea Plantations In Fujian

This paper was based upon the examination of about 600 slide-mounted specimens mainly collected from tea plantations of Fuzhou, Fu'an, Wuyi mountain natural reserve in Fujian provience. It consisted of 9 valid genera and 24 species of Cunaxidae, among which,2 species were new to science,13species were new record for China. All specimens examined were deposited in the Biological Control Reserch Institute, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. The paper comprised 3 parts: introduction, general account and taxonomy part. In the first part, the tea production and problems faced in our country, studies on harmful mites at tea plantations ect. were included. In general account, the taxonomy history, morphology, biology of Cunaxidae were briefly reviewed. The general geographical features of the tea plantations, where the specimens of Cunaxidae collected were described. In the taxonomy part, a key to separate the 9 genera of Cunaxidae from Fujian tea plantations was provided. Under each genus, the following information was given: generic synonymy; diagnosis; the historical review; geographic distribution, etc. All the species known from Fujian tea plantations were described and illustrated in detail. In addition, if more than 2 species in a genus were discovered from Fujian tea plantations, a key to diagnose the species was added as well. A list of the species under each genus treated in this paper were as follows. Those marked with an asterisk were new records for China. (1)*Neoscirula aspirasi Corpuz-Raros; (2)*Neoscirula makilingica Corpuz-Raros; (3)*Neoscirula ogawai (Shiba); (4)*Armascirus huyssteeni Den Heyer; (5) Armascirus taurus (Kramer); (6) Cunaxa capreolus (Berlese); (7)* Cunaxa heterostriata Khaustov & Kuznetsov; (8)*Cunaxa lukoschusi Smiley; (9) Cunaxa womersleyi Baker & Hoffmann; (10) *Dactyloscirus philippinensis Corpuz-Raros; (11) *Coleoscirus mizunoi (Shiba); (12)*Coleoscirus tuberculatus Den Heyer; (13) *Pseudobonzia clathrathus(Shiba); (14)*Pseudobonzia longispina Corpuz-Raros & Garcia; (15) Scutascirus triangulum Lin; (16) Neocunaxoides neopectinatus (Shiba); (17) Neocunaxoides clavatus (Shiba); (18) Pulaeus chongqingensis Bu & Li; (19) *Pulaeus clarae Den Heyer; (20) *Pulaeus dentatus Corpuz-Raros; (21) Pulaeus longignathos Bu & Li; (22) Pulaeus musci Liang; (23) Pulaeus oblongus, sp. nov. ; (24) Pulaeus fungiformis, sp. nov.