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C68E7B1E614D5C1EA025BBD7F18E038F.text	C68E7B1E614D5C1EA025BBD7F18E038F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Armascirus Den Heyer 1978	<div><p>Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978</p><p>Generic diagnosis.</p><p>see Skvarla et al. (2014).</p><p>Type species.</p><p>Armascirus huyssteeni Den Heyer, 1978</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C68E7B1E614D5C1EA025BBD7F18E038F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Chen, Jian-Xin;Yao, Mao-Yuan;Liu, Tian-Lei;Wu, You-Fang;Guo, Jian-Jun;Jin, Dao-Chao	Chen, Jian-Xin, Yao, Mao-Yuan, Liu, Tian-Lei, Wu, You-Fang, Guo, Jian-Jun, Jin, Dao-Chao (2026): Two new mites of Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978 (Trombidiformes, Cunaxidae) from Chinese fauna. ZooKeys 1267: 255-271, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1267.172611
CE630FC9E6A8506D9D556CB553864A6D.text	CE630FC9E6A8506D9D556CB553864A6D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Armascirus kuandianensis Chen & Jin 2026	<div><p>Armascirus kuandianensis Chen &amp; Jin sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Female. Proterosomal and hysterosomal (median) shield present; palp telofemur with one apophysis; subcapitulum with papillae, area lateral to hg 3 and hg 4 with reticulations; coxae I – IV with reticulations; propodogastral setae (ppgs) on small platelets.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Female (n = 3). Idiosoma 755 (755–760) long, 477 (477–537) wide.</p><p>Dorsum (Figs 1, 3–5). Proterosomal shield 186 (186–190) long, 219 (219–272) wide, and covered with reticulations, bearing two pairs of trichobothria (at and pt), two pairs of tactile setae (lps and mps), lps closer to pt, and pt longer than at. Hysterosomal (median) shield inverted triangle 63 (63–74) long, 84 (84–98) wide, and covered with reticulations, one pair of small lateral plates 51 (51–58) long, 13 (13–16) wide, and also covered with reticulations; except for median shield and lateral plates, hysterosomal dorsum soft and striated, area between proterosomal shield and median shield transverse striae, lateral area outside median shield with lengthwise striation, area between median shield and h 1 with transverse striae; and with seven pairs of simple setae (c 1, c 2, d 1, e 1, f 1, h 1, and h 2) and one pair of lyrifissures (im) situated anterolaterally to f 1. Setal lengths and distances: at 405 (355–405), pt 559 (530–559), lps 18 (16–18), mps 18 (16–18), c 1 16 (12–16), c 2 14 (14–14), d 1 15 (14–15), e 1 13 (13–16), f 1 46 (43–46), h 1 50 (50–51), 32 (30–39); at – at 35 (33–35), pt – pt 239 (239–253), lps – lps 212 (212–221), mps – mps 127 (127–133), lps – mps 73 (73–80), at – lps 138 (138–138), pt – mps 72 (72–75), pt – lps 35 (34–35), at – mps 156 (150–156), at – pt 173 (170–173), c 1 – c 1 75 (75–96), c 2 – c 2 234 (234–253), d 1 – d 1 73 (73–108), e 1 – e 1 62 (62–109), f 1 – f 1 77 (77–103), h 1 – h 1 47 (47–55), c 1 – c 2 88 (88–144), c 1 – d 1 64 (64–87), c 2 – d 1 85 (85–150), d 1 – e 1 72 (72–93), e 1 – f 1 80 (80–111), f 1 – h 1 49 (49–58).</p><p>Venter (Figs 2, 6–7). Ventral area between coxae I and gnathosoma with transverse striae. Coxae I – II with reticulations and papillae, whereas coxae III – IV only with reticulations; centrally, between coxae I – IV plates with longitudinal striae anterior to hgs 1; areas between hgs 1 and genital plates with transverse striae and outside with lengthwise striation. Setal formula of coxal plates I – IV: 3 (1 a – c) - 2 (2 b – c) - 3 (3 a – c) - 3 (4 a – c) sts; one pair of propodogastral setae (ppgs) 23 (23–25) in length and present on small platelets that with dot-like papillae, five pairs of hysterogastral setae (hgs 1 – hgs 5), 33 (31–33), 35 (33–35), 53 (43–53), 36 (36–50) and 51 (48–51) in length, respectively. Genital plates with papillae and reticulations, two pairs of visible genital papillae and four pairs of genital setae (g 1 – g 4) that 32 (32–33), 36 (36–36), 40 (38–40) and 42 (39–42) in length, respectively. Anal region with two pairs of pseudanal setae (ps 1 – ps 2), 21 (14–21) and 32 (28–32) in length, respectively, and one pair of lyrifissures (ih) close to ps 2.</p><p>Gnathosoma (Figs 8, 9, 10). Palp (Figs 8, 9, 10). Five-segmented, 436 (425–436) long, all segments with papillae. Palp chaetotaxy: trochanter none; basifemur with one simple seta; telofemur with one spine-like seta and one apophysis; genu with one simple seta, three spine-like setae (one of which is stout near inner base) and one elongate pointed apophysis; tibiotarsus one spine-like seta, three simple setae (one longer near inner base) and one distal solenidion; claw well developed. Chelicera (Fig. 11). 282 (282–282) long, covered by reticulations; cheliceral seta 21 (21–24) in length; chela developed. Subcapitulum (Fig. 12). 322 (322–324) long, 158 (141–158) wide and with papillae, area lateral to hg 3 and hg 4 with reticulations; two pairs of short adoral setae, ads 1 – ads 2, 20 (20–23) and 6 (6–9) in length; four pairs of hypostomal setae, hg 1 – hg 4, 31 (31–31), 38 (38–40), 15 (15–18) and 89 (88–89) in length, respectively. Distances of hg setae: hg 1 – hg 1 8 (7–8), hg 2 – hg 2 19 (19–20), hg 3 – hg 3 38 (38–39), hg 4 – hg 4 109 (105–117), hg 1 – hg 2 62 (62–76), hg 2 – hg 3 153 (153–168), hg 3 – hg 4 51 (48–51).</p><p>Legs (Figs 13–16). With reticulations, lengths of leg I – IV: 474 (474–507), 404 (404–466), 509 (509–524), 559 (541–559); lengths of tarsus I – IV: 192 (179–195), 172 (167–180), 207 (194–207), 206 (197–210). T on tibia IV 111 (110–112) in length. Legs I – IV chaetotaxy: coxae I – IV 3-2 - 3 - 3 sts; trochanters I – IV 1-1 - 2 - 1 sts; basifemora I – IV 5-5 - 4 - 2 sts; telofemora I – IV 4-4 - 4 - 4 sts. Genu I 4 asl, 4 sts; genu II 2 asl, 5 sts; genu III 1 asl, 5 sts; genu IV 2 asl, 5 sts. Tibia I 1 asl, {1 asl, 1 mst}, 4 sts; tibia II 1 asl, 5 sts; tibia III 1 bsl, 5 sts; tibia IV 1 smooth T, 4 sts. Tarsus I 4 asl, 1 fam, 1 dtsl, 20 sts; tarsus II 1 bsl, 1 dtsl, 19 sts; tarsus III 1 dtsl, 19 sts; tarsus IV 1 dtsl, 18 sts.</p><p>Other developmental stages.</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name of this new species is derived from the name of the county in which the type locality is located: Kuandian County.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The new species resembles A. cerris Kalúz, 2009 (adult female) with having hysterosomal median shield and one pair of small lateral platelets, and palp telofemur only with one apophysis. However, it can be distinguished from A. cerris by the following characteristics: (1) two pairs of genital papillae (vs three in A. cerris); (2) coxae I – II with reticulations and papillae, coxae III – IV only with reticulations (vs coxae I – II and III – IV contiguous and smooth in A. cerris); (3) one pair of propodogastral setae (ppgs) present on small platelets (vs integument in A. cerris).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype: China • 1 ♀ (slide no. LN-CU-2010080101) <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=124.813614&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=40.485" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 124.813614/lat 40.485)">Hekou Village</a>, Changtian Town, Kuandian County, Dandong City, Liaoning Province; 40°29'6"N, 124°48'49"E; 102 m a. s. l.; 1 August. 2010; collected from fallen leaves by Li-Xia Xie, Da-Xing Yang, Rong Huang and Bin Li . Paratypes: China • 2 ♀ (LN-CU-2010080102 – LN-CU-2010080103), the same data as for holotype .</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>Known only from the type locality.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE630FC9E6A8506D9D556CB553864A6D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Chen, Jian-Xin;Yao, Mao-Yuan;Liu, Tian-Lei;Wu, You-Fang;Guo, Jian-Jun;Jin, Dao-Chao	Chen, Jian-Xin, Yao, Mao-Yuan, Liu, Tian-Lei, Wu, You-Fang, Guo, Jian-Jun, Jin, Dao-Chao (2026): Two new mites of Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978 (Trombidiformes, Cunaxidae) from Chinese fauna. ZooKeys 1267: 255-271, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1267.172611
4742E23FC9455F1D8491549E1FD95CC7.text	4742E23FC9455F1D8491549E1FD95CC7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Armascirus stellatus Chen & Jin 2026	<div><p>Armascirus stellatus Chen &amp; Jin sp. nov.</p><p>Figs 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>Female. Proterosomal and median shields are covered with star-shaped reticulations, which are composed of papillae and reticulations, resembling stars connecting tracks (Figs 19, 21–23). The median shield large and with three pairs of simple setae (c 1, d 1, and e 1), with no lateral plates present; palp basifemur with one short pointed apophysis, telofemur two elongate apophyses.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Female (n = 4). Idiosoma long 507 (507–600), wide 374 (374–441).</p><p>Dorsum (Figs 17, 19–21). Proterosomal shield 166 (157–166) long, 275 (213–275) wide, and covered with star-shaped reticulations, which consists of papillae (4–7, with 5 or 6 most common) and reticulation, resembling stars connecting tracks (Figs 19, 21, 22). It bears two pairs of trichobothria (at and pt), two pairs of tactile setae (lps and mps), lps closer to pt than at, pt longer than at. Hysterosomal (median) shield 223 (173–223) long, 266 (213–266) wide, and covered with star-shaped reticulations and with three pairs of simple setae (c 1, d 1, e 1); median shield laterally flanked by longitudinal striae with papillae, area between median shield and h 1 with transverse striae with papillae. Setae f 1, h 1, and one pair of lyrifissures (im) situated on integument. Setal lengths and distances: at 293 (291–300), pt 393 (393–452), lps 18 (14–18), mps 20 (12–20), c 1 32 (28–32), c 2 20 (20–22), d 1 34 (27–34), e 1 43 (37–43), f 1 62 (54–62), h 1 68 (56–68); at – at 32 (32–37), pt – pt 256 (245–256), lps – lps 231 (219–231), mps – mps 107 (100–107), lps – mps 76 (76–77), at – lps 133 (122–133), pt – mps 68 (71–68), pt – lps 31 (31–36), at – mps 139 (133–139), at – pt 158 (156–158), c 1 – c 1 171 (140–171), c 2 – c 2 276 (267–276), d 1 – d 1 110 (99–110), e 1 – e 1 109 (98–109), f 1 – f 1 70 (63–70), h 1 – h 1 42 (42–44), c 1 – c 2 80 (78–80), c 1 – d 1 110 (99–110), c 2 – d 1 106 (100–106), d 1 – e 1 76 (68–76), e 1 – f 1 35 (35–52), f 1 – h 1 41 (38–41).</p><p>Venter (Figs 18, 22, 23). Coxae I – IV with reticulations, area between coxae I – II plate groups with longitudinal striae; area between ppgs and hgs 1 with longitudinal striae; areas between hgs 1 and genital plates with transverse striae. Setal formula of coxal plates I – IV: 3 (1 a – c) - 2 (2 a, 2 c) - 3 (3 a – c) - 3 (4 a – c) sts; one pair of propodogastral setae (ppgs), 28 (28–35) in length, and five pairs of hysterogastral setae (hgs 1 – hgs 5), 32 (32–39), 37 (37–42), 41 (41–43), 43 (43–44) and 44 (44–46) in length. Genital plates with reticulations and papillae, two pairs of visible genital papillae and four pairs of genital setae (g 1 – g 4) that 30 (27–30), 36 (34–36), 31 (31–32) and 34 (34–36) in length, respectively. Anal region with longitudinal striae, two pairs of pseudanal setae (ps 1 – ps 2), 28 (22–28) and 30 (24–30) in length, and one pair of lyrifissures (ih).</p><p>Gnathosoma (Figs 24, 25, 26, 27, 28). Palp (Figs 24, 25, 26). Five-segmented, 399 (370–399) long, basifemur and telofemur with reticulations. Palp chaetotaxy: trochanter none; basifemur one dorsal simple seta and one short pointed apophysis; telofemur one dorsal spine-like seta, one pointed apophysis and one blunt apophysis; genu two spine-like setae, two simple setae and one elongate pointed apophysis; tibiotarsus three simple setae, one of which is longer near the inner base, one spine-like seta and one distal solenidion; claw well developed. Chelicera (Fig. 27). 265 (254–265) long, with reticulations and papillae; cheliceral seta 23 (22–25) in length; chela developed. Subcapitulum (Fig. 28) 303 (303–312) long, 143 (143–156) wide, with reticulations; two pairs of short adoral setae, ads 1 – ads 2, 20 (20–20) and 8 (5–8) in length; four pairs of hypostome setae, hg 1 – hg 4, 31 (30–31), 48 (40–48), 17 (17–20) and 83 (83–84) in length, respectively. Distances of hg setae: hg 1 – hg 1 6 (6–7), hg 2 – hg 2 22 (22–25), hg 3 – hg 3 57 (50–57), hg 4 – hg 4 83 (83–113), hg 1 – hg 2 60 (60–62), hg 2 – hg 3 112 (103–112), hg 3 – hg 4 50 (43–50).</p><p>Legs (Figs 29–32). With reticulations, lengths of leg I – IV: 515 (503–515), 450 (450–480), 507 (490–507), 521 (521–525); lengths of tarsus I – IV: 187 (184–187), 156 (156–163), 178 (165–178), 173 (173–175). T on tibia IV 93 (88–93) in length. Legs I – IV chaetotaxy: Coxae I – IV 3-2 - 3 - 3 sts; trochanters I – IV 1-1 - 2 - 1 sts; basifemora I – IV 4-5 - 4 - 2 sts; telofemora I – IV 4-4 - 4 - 4 sts. Genu I 2 asl, {1 asl, 1 mst}, 4 sts; genu II 2 asl, 4 sts; genu III 1 asl, 5 sts; genu IV 1 asl, 5 sts. Tibia I {1 asl, 1 mst}, 4 sts; tibia II 1 asl, 5 sts; tibia III 1 bsl, 5 sts; tibia IV 1 smooth T, 4 sts. Tarsus I 4 asl, 1 fam, 1 dtsl, 23 sts; tarsus II 1 bsl, 1 dtsl, 19 sts; tarsus III 1 dtsl, 26 sts; tarsus IV 1 dtsl, 19 sts.</p><p>Other developmental stages.</p><p>Unknown.</p><p>Etymology.</p><p>The name of this new species, stellatus, is derived from the star-shaped reticulations covering its dorsal shields.</p><p>Remarks.</p><p>The new species is similar to A. apophysis Chen &amp; Jin, 2021 in having one pointed apophysis on palp basifemur. However, it can be distinguished from A. apophysis by the following characteristics: (1) dorsal shields covered with star-shaped reticulations, which are composed of papillae and reticulations (vs general reticulations in A. apophysis); (2) median shield large and with three pairs of simple setae (c 1, d 1, e 1) (vs small and without in A. apophysis); (3) hysterosoma lateral plates absent (vs present in A. apophysis); (4) subcapitulum with reticulations (vs without in A. apophysis).</p><p>The new species is similar to A. anastosi Smiley, 1992 in having two apophysis on palp telofemur. Nevertheless, it differs from A. anastosi in the following characteristics: (1) dorsal shields covered with star-shaped reticulations, which are composed of papillae and reticulations (vs general reticulations in A. anastosi); (2) median shield with three pairs of simple setae (c 1, d 1, e 1) (vs two (c 1, d 1) in A. anastosi); (3) hysterosoma lateral plates absent (vs present in A. anastosi); (4) palp basifemur with one pointed apophysis (vs without in A. anastosi).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>Holotype: China • 1 ♀ (slide no. QH-CU-2020071901), <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.952774&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=35.22139" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.952774/lat 35.22139)">Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve</a>, Qinghai Province; 35°13'17"N, 107°57'10"E; 3027 m a. s. l.; 19 July 2020; collected from moss by Dong-Dong Li and Hai-Tao Li . Paratypes: China • 1 ♀ (QH-CU-2019072001), <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=100.43611&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=38.164722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 100.43611/lat 38.164722)">Qingyanggou Section</a>, Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province; 38°9'53"N, 100°26'10"E; 3162 m a. s. l.; 20 July 2019; collected from ground moss by Qian-Fen Zheng • 2 ♀ (XJ-CU-201907060601 – XJ-CU-201907060602), <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=87.17111&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=48.511112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 87.17111/lat 48.511112)">Kanas National Nature Reserve</a>, Buerjin County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; 48°30'40"N, 87°10'16"E; 1330 m a. s. l.; 6 July. 2019; collected from moss by Jian-Xin Chen .</p><p>Distribution.</p><p>China (Qinghai Province and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4742E23FC9455F1D8491549E1FD95CC7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Chen, Jian-Xin;Yao, Mao-Yuan;Liu, Tian-Lei;Wu, You-Fang;Guo, Jian-Jun;Jin, Dao-Chao	Chen, Jian-Xin, Yao, Mao-Yuan, Liu, Tian-Lei, Wu, You-Fang, Guo, Jian-Jun, Jin, Dao-Chao (2026): Two new mites of Armascirus Den Heyer, 1978 (Trombidiformes, Cunaxidae) from Chinese fauna. ZooKeys 1267: 255-271, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1267.172611
