Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) curtisetosus Niedbała et Starý, 2014

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1050-1053

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) curtisetosus Niedbała et Starý, 2014

( Fig. 65 A-D)

Diagosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 167, width 121, height 51; notogaster: length 296, width 195, height 177. Smallsized species; colour brown; surface of body covered with cerotegument and with small concavities. Prodorsum without lateral carinae; posterior furrows present; sigillar fields indistinct because strong cerotegument; sensilli long, rod-like without head covered with cilia in distal half; other setae short, rodlike, stout, obtuse, rough; ss> ro> in> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with setae short (c 1 <‰ c 1 - d 1), rigid, stout, obtuse, rough, setae c 1 and c 3 remote from anterior margin, setae c 3 more than c 1, setae c 2 considerably further; only lyrifissures ip visible. Ventral region ; Formula of genital setae: 5: 4; anoadanal plates with rough setae, setae ad 2 the thickest and longest. Legs: formulae of setae and solenidia of “incomplete type”, setae v’ absent; setae d on femora I slightly remote from distal end of article .

Locality in Tanzania: The Uluguru Mts: Niedbała & Starý 2014b.

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

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FIGURE 65: Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) curtisetosus Niedbała et Starý, 2014 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – lateral view of body; C – left genitoaggenital and anoadanal plates; D – trochanter and femur of leg I.