| abstract | In a collection of nidicolous gamasid mites collected in the winter of 1959 (7. xii.1959) from Anhui Province, a new species of Podocinum - Podocinum anhuense Wen, sp. nov. was found in a hamster’s (Cricetulus barabensis) nest. Its specific characters are given as follows:
Body subrotund in shape, 388×325µ. Dorsal shield entire, its lateral margins without trace of incisions, but rolling down to the ventral surface around the border-line; its surface with minute tubercles forming a polygonal network, the polygonal areas being smooth. The shield bearing 19 pairs of setae, of which 9 pairs (the pair immediately behind the verticals and eight pairs on the posterior half) stout and ciliated on their distal half or two-thirds. Vertical setae situated considerably apart, and the distance between the bases of two verticals approximately twice their individual length. Antero-lateral angles of the ventri-anal shield produced into wing-like "horns". Leg I markedly elongated and modified into an antenna-like sensory organ, measuring 960µ in length. Tarsus I (245µ) with 2 whip-like but unequal terminal setae (282 and 353µ respectively) and only one relatively short (35µ) but conspicuous subterminal seta. Tibia I moderate in length (141µ). Leg II measuring 607µ, leg III 550µ, and leg IV 650µ. The tectum consisting of three subequal prongs, the central one being slightly longer and 4-forked distal1y, the lateral ones with 5-6 dentations externally at their proximal two-thirds. The gnathocoxa with 4 pairs of setae, the exterior gnathocoxal seta very short and approximately one-third the length of the interior one. The gnathosomal groove shallow and with 6 transversal rows of minute teeth. |