Plonaphacarus tanzicus ( Mahunka, 1993 )

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1015

Plonaphacarus tanzicus ( Mahunka, 1993)

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Hoplophthiracarus (Plonaphacarus) tanzicus Mahunka, 1993 .

Plonaphacarus tanzicus: Niedbała 2001 , Niedbała & Ermilov 2014.

Diagnosis — Measurements after Mahunka (1933): length of prodorsum: 146-170; notogaster: length 230-313, height 126-193. Small-sized species; surface of body with very weak foveolae. Prodorsum with posterior furrows present; lateral carinae absent, fields not observable; sensilli sickle-shaped, distally spinose; interlamellar setae short, thick, spiculate asymmetrically at distal end; lamellar setae close to interlamellar, smaller, slightly dilate; distance between rostral setae (directed inwards) greater than their length; ss> ro> in> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with short (c 1 <c 1 - d 1), thick setae, generally spinose in their distal half, setae c 1 and ps 1 the longest, setae ps 3-4 the thinnest, setae d 2 the smallest; vestigial setae f 1 posteriorly of h 1; 4 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ips present. Ventral region; formula of genital setae is 4: 5; adanal setae sword-shaped, setae ad 2 the longest, anal setae the shortest. Chaetome of legs complete; setae d of femora I thick, bent, slightly remote from anterior bord of article.

Localities in Tanzania: Tanga Region: Mahunka 1993, Niedbała 2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical species, eastern part.

Figures

FIGURE 40: Plonaphacarus tanzicus (Mahunka, 1993) (after Mahunka 1993): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – lateral view of body; C – genitoaggenital and anoadanal plates; D – femur of leg I.