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            <p> Sperchon fuxiensis Zhang sp. n. Figures 1-3, 4-9 </p>
            <p>Type series.</p>
            <p>Holotype: Female, Anhui Province, Fuxi village, Monkey Valley scenic area, an unnamed stream (30°04'16"N; 118°09'26"E), 8 September 2016, coll. Xu Zhang. Paratypes: 1 female, the same data as the holotype.</p>
            <p>Diagnosis.</p>
            <p>Integument fine spinules arranged in hexagonal pattern; A1 smooth; excretory pore surrounded by a sclerotized ring; P-II with a long ventro-distal projection and one thick seta; third to fifth segments of leg I-IV with short plumose setae.</p>
            <p>Description.</p>
            <p>Female (n = 2): Body oval in shape, 948 (965) in length, 837 (842) in width. Integument yellow in colour, covered with very fine spinules arranged in hexagonal pattern (Fig. 3). A1 short, smooth and thick, other dorsal setae long and thin. Chitinous plates and glandular plates on both dorsum and venter well developed as illustrated in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2. The heart-shaped platelet between D2 somewhat bluish. Coxae in four groups, surface of coxae reticulated. ACG 92 (98) in length, apodeme well developed. E2 laterally between ACG and PCG. PCG 220 (231) in length. E4 absent from CxIII. Distance between anterior end of ACG and posterior end of PCG 373 (380). Genital field 205 (207) in length, 171 (175) in width. Pre- and postgenital sclerites developed. Three pairs of genital acetabula, the first pair of genital acetabula elliptical, the second pair somewhat triangular, and the third pair rounded and larger than the anterior two pairs. V1 on small sclerites and without accompanying glandularia. Excretory pore between V2, and with a sclerotized ring.</p>
            <p> Capitulum with a long rostrum, length 213 (219). Chelicera total length 219 (226), basal segment length 158 (164), claw length 61 (62), ratio of basal segment /claw length 2.6. Dorsal lengths of the palpal segments: P-I, 22 (23); P- II, 123 (127); P-III, 172 (178); P-IV, 178 (183); P-V, 36 (37). P-I short and without seta. P-II with a long ventro-distal projection bearing one long setae. Approximately ten setae on the lateral and dorsal side of P-II and none of them plumose. The ventral side of P-III nearly straight and without seta, four short smooth setae on the lateral and dorsal side. P-IV with two small peg-like ventral setae, one larger almost in the middle, another one near the ventral distal end. </p>
            <p>Legs. Dorsal lengths of leg I: I-L-1, 53 (55); I-L-2, 76 (80); I-L-3, 78 (81); I-L-4, 132 (139); I-L-5, 138 (142); I-L-6, 130 (137). Dorsal lengths of leg IV: IV-L-1, 92 (99); IV-L-2, 126 (135); IV-L-3, 129 (137); IV-L-4, 231 (243); IV-L-5, 225 (231); IV-L-6, 193 (198). Third to fifth segments of leg I-IV with rather short plumose setae in longitudinal rows (Fig. 9). Ambulacrum with two claws. Claws with well protruded claw-blade and two small claws, a long dorsal and a shorter ventral one (Fig. 8).</p>
            <p>Etymology.</p>
            <p>The species is named after the village where it was collected.</p>
            <p>Remarks.</p>
            <p> Due to the shape of the integument, P- II with a very long ventrodistal projection, excretory pore surrounded by sclerotized ring, and third to fifth segments of leg I-IV with plumose setae, the new species is similar to  S. hispidus Koenike, 1895 and  Sperchon indicus Kumar, Kumar &amp; Pesic, 2007 (Kumar et al. 2007, Tuzovskij 2010). However, the new species differs from the two species in the shape of the acetabula. In  S. hispidus and  S. indicus , three pairs of acetabula are large and arranged densely, whereas in the new species, the three pairs of acetabula are relatively small and arranged loosely with large gaps. The new species also differs from  S. hispidus and  S. indicus in the shape of apodemes of anterior coxae, which are indistinct in  S. hispidus and  S. indicus , but well developed in the new species. Besides, E4 is situated on CxIII in  S. hispidus and  S. indicus , but absent from CxIII in the new species. </p>
            <p>Distribution.</p>
            <p>China (Anhui Province).</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4236E2B9CE8788970AF8D5E83CF9E93F	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	Ding, Jian-Hua;Sun, Jing-Lan;Zhang, Xu	Ding, Jian-Hua, Sun, Jing-Lan, Zhang, Xu (2017): A new species of the water mite genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 from China, with identifying Sperchonrostratus Lundblad, 1969 through DNA barcoding (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Sperchontidae). ZooKeys 707: 47-61, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.707.13493, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.707.13493
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            <p> Sperchon
rostratus Lundblad, 1969
 Figures 10-12, 13-17, 18-19 </p>
            <p> Material examined. </p>
            <p>2 females, Guizhou Province, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, an unnamed stream (27°54'06"N; 108°36'44"E), 29 July 2001, coll. Jian-Jun Guo; 1 male and 1 female, Guizhou Province, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, an unnamed stream (26°21'06"N; 108°12'39"E), 3 October 2005, coll. Xu Zhang; 2 male and 5 females, Anhui Province, Fuxi village, an unnamed stream (30°04'16"N; 118°09'26"E), 8 September 2016, coll. Xu Zhang.</p>
            <p>Description.</p>
            <p> Male (n = 3): Body oval in shape, 533 (545-576) in length, 432 (441-476) in width, color yellow-brown. Integument with very fine spinules arranged in hexagonal pattern (Fig. 12). Chitinous plates in dorsum and venter well developed as illustrated in Fig. 10 and Fig. 11. All glandularia and O2 surrounded by a platelet. A1 short and smooth, other dorsal setae thin and long. Coxae in four groups, surface of coxae reticulated. ACG 136 (138-152) in length, posterior apodeme indistinct. E2 laterally between ACG and PCG. PCG 194 (204-216) in length, widely separated. E4 absent from CxIII. Distance between anterior end of ACG and posterior end of PCG 329 (347-361). Genital field 135 (142-156) in length, 121 (128-137) in width,  with a small and rounded platelet in front. Three pairs of genital acetabula, first and second pairs of acetabula elongate and oval, third pair more or less rounded. Pre- and postgenital sclerite not developed. V1 without accompanying glandularia but on sclerites of medium size. Excretory pore slightly anterior to V2, and surrounded by a well-developed sclerotized ring. </p>
            <p> Capitulum with a long rostrum, length 219 (228-236). Chelicera total length 205 (220-227), basal segment length 166 (179-185), claw length 39 (41-42), ratio of basal segment /claw length (4.3-4.4). Dorsal lengths of the palpal segments: P-I, 26 (27-28); P-II, 103 (107-116); P-III, 147 (156-166); P-IV, 152 (161-170); P-V, 36 (39-43). P-I short and without seta. P-II with one thin seta instead of ventro-distal projection. Eight seta on the dorsal and lateral side of the P-II, none of them plumose. The venter margin of P-III without setae, five smooth setae on the lateral and dorsal side. P-IV with two small peg-like setae, one almost in the middle of the segment and with two small setae, another one near the distal end of the segment. </p>
            <p> Legs. Dorsal lengths of leg I: I-L-1, 41 (44-52); I-L-2, 62 (69-78); I-L-3, 78 (82-94); I-L-4, 86 (89-97); I-L-5, 100 (110-126); I-L-6, 97 (103-117). Dorsal lengths of leg IV: IV-L-1, 76 (82-90); IV-L-2, 83 (92-104); IV-L-3, 107 (113-126); IV-L-4, 113  ( 124-138); IV-L-5, 175 (192-201); IV-L-6, 152 (165-178). Ambulacrum with two claws. Claws with protruding claw blade and two small claws, a long dorsal claw and a shorter ventral one (Fig. 16). </p>
            <p> Female (n = 8): Similar to male except for the morphology of genital field and the size of idiosoma. Idiosoma 847 (810-905) in length, 583 (536-618) in width. ACG 173 (154-195) in length, PCG 230 (207-264) in length. Distance between anterior end of ACG and posterior end of PCG 410 (388-435). Genital field 168 (139-192) in length, 152 (138-173) in width. Pregenital sclerite crescent-shaped, and more developed than the postgenital sclerite. Infracapitulum length 288 (264-317). Chelicera total length 286 (278-305), basal segment length 231 (221-248), claw length 55 (57-61), basal segment/claw length ratio 4.2 (4.1-4.4). Dorsal lengths of the palpal segments: P-I, 36 (34-45); P-II, 144 (128-166); P-III, 204 (194-225); P-IV, 212 (200-259); P-V, 57  ( 50-64). Dorsal lengths of the first leg: I-L-1, 57 (48-66); I-L-2, 86 (71-98); I-L-3, 109 (92-127); I-L-4, 120 (107-146); I-L-5, 142 (130-170); I-L-6, 135 (116-154). Dorsal lengths of the fourth leg: IV-L-1, 93 (80-104); IV-L-2, 112 (107-134); IV-L-3, 173 (157-204); IV-L-4, 296 (272-324); IV-L-5, 267 (257-295); IV-L-6, 234 (227-264). </p>
            <p>Remarks.</p>
            <p> Sperchon rostratus was first described from Burma by Lundblad (1969). However, the description and illustration given in the literature are short and insufficient. The species was subsequently recorded from China (Guizhou Province, Taiwan), Iran, and Turkey (Smit 1995, Boyaci 2007, Pesic and Vafaei 2009, Pesic et al. 2012, Pesic et al. 2014). Although the species has been reported many times, an illustration of the idiosoma for the male was given only once (from Turkey) (Boyaci 2007). </p>
            <p> Due to the shape of integument, E4 absent from CxIII, P-II with one thin seta, and P-IV with two small peg-like setae, the female from China shows a general conformity with  S. rostratus , a species previously reported from China, however, the morphological characters of the male show obvious differences between the specimens in our study and the Turkish specimens. It is obvious that the platelets of the dorsum and venter of  S. rostratus are large and close together (Fig. 10-11), but small and arranged loosely in the Turkish specimens (see details of  S. rostratus in Boyaci 2007). In addition, the pre- and postgenital sclerites are small in our specimens but relatively large in Turkish specimens, and the pregenital sclerite is somewhat crescent-shaped in Turkish specimens. Additionally, our specimens possess a rounded platelet in front of the genital field, which is absent in the Turkish specimens. </p>
            <p> Although there are many differences between the male of  S. rostratus in our study and the Turkish specimens, considering most characters of our specimens (eg., the shape of integument, E4 absent from CxIII, P-II with one thin seta, P-IV with two small peg-like setae and same habitat of the female), we attribute the male specimens to  S. rostratus . In order to test whether the male and the female are conspecific, we used DNA barcoding technology for  S. rostratus . The results are given below (see Results of molecular analysis). </p>
            <p>Distribution.</p>
            <p>Burma, China (Anhui, Guizhou, Taiwan), Turkey, Iran.</p>
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	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E6545F6A9F391622C8FD9E7FD0B5D557	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	Ding, Jian-Hua;Sun, Jing-Lan;Zhang, Xu	Ding, Jian-Hua, Sun, Jing-Lan, Zhang, Xu (2017): A new species of the water mite genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 from China, with identifying Sperchonrostratus Lundblad, 1969 through DNA barcoding (Acari, Hydrachnidia, Sperchontidae). ZooKeys 707: 47-61, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.707.13493, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.707.13493
