A new tenuipalpid mite species, Cenopalpus kashgar sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female, male, deutonymph, and protonymph specimens collected from Pyrus sp. (Rosaceae) in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The ontogenetic changes in the idiosoma and leg chaetotaxy on adults (female and male) and immature stages of Cenopalpus kashgar sp. nov. are presented.
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