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Description of two new species of Xenotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from West Bengal, India with world keys

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Two new species of Xenotarsonemus Beer, 1954 (Acari: Heterostigmatina: Tarsonemidae), namely Xenotarsonemus lingua sp. n. and Xenotarsonemus barshai sp. n. are described based on the specimens collected on the leaves of quinine plant, Cinchona officinalis L. (Rubiaceae) from Kalimpong district, West Bengal state, India. A key for world species of Xenotarsonemus is also provided.

ZooBank code: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2F0C474-E7EC-47F7-ACB0-BDCDA6FFCC22.

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Authors are thankful to Prof. Gilberto J. de Moraes, USP, ESALQ, Piracicaba, Brazil, to Dr. Vikram Prasad, Indira Publication House, West Bloomfield, Michigan, USA and to Dr. Ronald Ochoa, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland, USA, for their constant inspiration and valuable suggestions to explore the tarsonemid fauna of India. The first author is also grateful to Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India for DST-INSPIRE Fellowship. We are also thankful to the Vice-Chancellor and Director of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya for providing infrastructural facilities.

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Kayal, S., Karmakar, K. Description of two new species of Xenotarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from West Bengal, India with world keys. Biologia 78, 2423–2433 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01373-y

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