| abstract | Eviphis cryptognathus sp. nov. (figs. 1-10)
This new species closely near to Eviphis drepanogaster Berlese, 1884, but it differs in without spine on coxa I, the dorsal plate covering all the dorsum and bearing one more setal pair (1), with 2 less setal pairs on the bared venter, Ad anterior in position, PA 2 times the length of Ad, and metapodal plate different in shape.
Holotype ♀, allotype ♂ and paratypes 3♀♀, 1♂ were collected on Sept. 1, 1986, 1♀ on Aug. 21, 1986, off Scarabaeus typhon Fischer, from Zhongning County (27.4° N, 105.6° E), Ningxia Autonomous Region, and other paratypes 6♀♀, 2♂♂ on June 22, 1986, off same host, from Tongxin County (36.9° N, 105.9° E), Ningxia. Type specimens were deposited in the Institute of Endemic Disease Control Ningxia Autonomous Region, except 1♀ and 1♂ of paratypes in the Department of Parasitology, Guiyang Medical College. |