| abstract | We describe a new species Acucapito hainanensis Li & Guo sp. nov. from Hainan Province, P. R. China. In addition to being the first record of the family Acucapitidae Wiles, 1996 for Chinese water mite fauna, it is only the third species of this rare family in the world. Subtle structures are illustrated in detail with line drawings, light microscope images and scanning electron micrographs. |