| abstract | Whartonia acutigalea sp.nov. Body elliptical.Idiosoma length 1204-1445 micra,width 774-945 micra. Cheliceral blade with 15-17 inverted teeth,basal 8-9 teeth larger.Galea dorsally pointed,galeal setae branched,fp=B-B-BBB/7B.Scutum rectangle, inner anterior margin of AL dorsally convex,and dorsal margin of 2 AM slightly convex.Posterior margin of scutum under sensillary base obviously convex and median part concave.PW AW.PFs/SB.AM PL AL. Eyes plate far distant from scutum,each with two eyes.Dorsal setae about 56-61,arranged as 9(8-11)-10(7-10)-8(11)-10-10(9-12)-5 (4-7)-4(3-4)-2(0-2),ventral setae about 72-89,among them 48-63 situated behind the anus.Ip=2167-2236.AW109 PW120 SB52 ASB48 PSB13 AP33 AM103 AL67 PL96 Sens—. SIF=7 B-B-3-3211.0000. Holotype and 12 paratypes collected off bat from Longyan on May,1984. Holotype and 5 paratypes deposited in the Department of parasitology,Fu- jian Medical College,and 7 paratypes deposited in Fujian Anti-epidemic and Health Station. This new species is similiar to W.mapaensis Chen et Hsu,1959 and W.prima Schluger et al.,1959,but differs from both of them in Ga=B, PLs/SB and AM PL AL.Distinguishing features as shown in table 2. |