A new species of the water mite genus Sperchon Kramer, 1877 from China, Sperchon fuxiensis Zhang, sp. n., is described and illustrated in this article. DNA barcoding for the new species is documented for future use. Descriptions of both male and female of Sperchon rostratus Lundblad, 1969 are given in the present study, and DNA barcoding for identifying S. rostratus is also discussed.

Gerald Frankel, Janine Mauzeroll, Geoffrey Thornton, Hendrik Bluhm, Jonathan Morrison, Vincent Maurice, Trevor Rayment, David Williams, Angus Cook, Gaurav Joshi, Alison Davenport, Simon Gibbon, Denis Kramer, Matthew Acres, Markus Tautschnig, Hiroki Habazaki, Philippe Marcus, David Shoesmith, Clara Wren, Tom Majchrowski, Rob Lindsay, Mary Wood, Mira Todorova, John Scully, Frank Renner, Anton Kok...

Acknowledgments I would like to thank Dr. Randall Kramer for his guidance throughout the Master's Project process, as well as Will McDow at Environmental Defense for invaluable help with developing the scope of my study and assisting with data collection and interpretation. Additionally, I thank Dave

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