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The genus Maerkelotritia is reviewed. Maerkelotritia fusifomtis sp. nov. from litter in temperate forest in Shanxi Province, China, is described, and one newly recorded species, M. krivolutzkii Märkel, 1968, is redescribed. M. kirghizica Niedbała, 2006 is considered as a new junior synonym of M. krivolutzkii. The genus Maerkelotritia is reported for the first time from China.