A New Species of the Water Mite Genus Atractides Koch,1837 (Acarina,Hygrobatidae)

A new species of water mite,i.e.Atractides(Atractides) damingshanensis Wang et Jin sp.nov.,collected from Damingshan National Nature Reserve,Guangxi,China,was described.The new species is similar to A.(A.) menglaensis Jin,1997,but differs from the latter by much shorter distance between EpⅣ posterior edge and pregenital sclerite,anal pore located in a line posterior to Ⅴ2,while anal pore in the same line to Ⅴ2 in the latter.The type specimen was deposited in the Institute of Entomology,Guizhou University(GUGC).