This work issupported by the Hunan Natural Science Foundation program ( 98JJY2 0 0 1:Studies on the biology and systemat-ics of the mite family Erythraeidae);
A larval erythraeid mite. Bochartia chinensis sp. Nov., whose specimens were picked up from an alcoholic pot of the Malaise trap, is described. It is the first record of the genus Bochartia in China. A key to the world known spe...