| abstract | This paper reports a new species of the genus Hemicheyletia Volgin. Measurements are in micrometers. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Plant Protection, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. This new species Hemicheyletia pusillifolium, sp.nov. (fig 1) is similar to Hemicheyletia scutellata (Deleon) and H. anabora (Deleon), but differs in: Dorsal median setae of idiosoma narrow leaf-like in H. scutellata, setiform in H. anagora, but very small leaf-like in H. pusillifolium. Holotype (female), paratype 3 (females), Shanghang county, Fujian province, 1989, X 24, on Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel, collected by Lin Jianzhen |