Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) secundus (Mahunka, 1983)

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 987

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) secundus (Mahunka, 1983)

( Fig. 19 A-E)

Pocsia secunda Mahunka, 1983 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of paratype: prodorsum: length 215, height 94, width 177, setae: ss 66, in 106, le and ro 86, ex 18; notogaster: length 419, height 298, width 308, setae: c 1 45, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.45, c 2 83, cp 81, ps 1 53; genitoaggenital plate 152×76, ag 2 35,

ag 1 20; anoadanal plate 159×43. Sizes of paratype are higher than the dimensions given by Mahunka (1983a). Species of medium size; colour light brown. Prodorsum with single lateral carinae; sensilli gradually thickening, pointed distally, without well separated head, covered with small spines; interlamellar, lamellar and rostral setae covered with small spines; rostral and lamellar setae nearly equal in length situated in the same level; exobothridial setae minute; in> ro = le> ss> ex. Notogaster with relatively short setae, setae c 2 and cp longer than other setae; setae of row c remote from anterior margin, setae c 1 more, setae c 3 less remote. Ventral region; setae h of mentum considerably longer than distance between them; 7 or 8 pairs of genital setae, the last posterior pair the longest; 2 pairs of aggenital setae present, setae ag 2 longer than ag 1. Chaetome of legs (without tarsi): I:1-3-5(2)-5(1), II:1- 4-3(1)-5(1), III: 2-2-2(1)-2(1), IV: 2-1-1(1)-2(1); all tarsi monodactylous .

Localities in Tanzania: Uluguru Mts: Mahunka 1983a, Niedbała 1998; Nguru Mts.

Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Tanzania, probably endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 19: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) secundus (Mahunka, 1983) (paratype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – left genitoaggenital plate.