Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) rostrata: Niedbała 2001

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 962-965

Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) rostrata: Niedbała 2001 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of the paratype: prodorsum: length 207, width 154, height 101, setae: ss 126, in 38, le 45, ex 23, diameter of bothridium 15; notogaster: length 308, width 257, height 197, setae: c 1, c 3 76, d 3 56; length of genital and anal plates 71, distance between genital and anal plates 25.

Rather small-sized species; colour yellow. Prodorsum with pointed rostrum; lateral carinae present; sensilli long with 8-9 long cilia; other setae (except exobothridial) covered with small setae (invisible in paratype), in> le> ro; exobothridial setae longer than diameter of bothridia (not equal as in Figure 1 of Mahunka). Notogaster with 8 pairs of setae covered with small cilia, setae c 1-3 remote from anterior margin. Ventral region with 9 pairs of ventral setae; 7 pairs of genital setae with formula: 6+1; one pair of vestigial h 2 setae, and 2 pairs of anal setae present (not 3 pairs as in description and Figure 2 of Mahunka (1988).

Locality in Tanzania: Tanga Region: Mahunka 1988, Niedbała 2001.

Distribution — Tanzania, perhaps endemic.

subgenus – Parplophora Niedbała, 1985 Mesoplophora (Parplophora) : Subías 2004

Type species: Mesoplophora pulchra Sellnick, 1928

Diagnosis — Three or four pairs of anal setae present

Distribution — Semicosmopolitan.

Figures

FIGURE 1: Areas (1-10) of collected samples in Tanzania.

FIGURE 2: Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) invisistata Niedbała, 1983 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – sensillus; C – prodorsum, lateral view; D – opisthosoma, lateral view; E – seta e2; F – posterior part of ventral side.