| abstract | In this paper two new species of Tenuipalpus Donnadieu are described. All type specimens are deposited in the Department of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University.
Tenuipalpus danxianensis sp.nov. (figs. 1-3)
The new species is similar t Tenuipalpus sanblasensis De Leon, 1957, but differs from the latter in genu II and IV each with 1 seta, the third setae of propodosoma distinctly longer than the first and second setae, and in the pattern of the dorsal integument striae of propodosoma and hysterosoma.
Holotype ♀, paratypes 2♀♀, Des. 23, 1989, Danxian, Hainan Province (19.5° N, 109.5° E) on Malilkara zapota.
Tenuipalpus sanyaensis sp.nov. (igs. 4-7)
The new species is similar to Tenuipalpus zhizhilashviliae Reck, 1953, but differs from the latter in genu I and II each with 2 setae, the first and second setae of propodosoma and the three pairs of dorsal central setae lanceolate, and propodosoma with a few large areolae mediolaterally.
Holotype ♀, paratypes 8♀♀, Feb. 24, 1990, Sanya City, Hainan Province (18.25° N, 109.5° E), on Lannea grandis. |