Arphthicarus sculptilis ( Niedbała, 1988 ), Niedbala, 1988

Niedbała, Wojciech & Starý, Josef, 2014, New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cameroon, Zootaxa 3889 (1), pp. 31-57 : 55

Arphthicarus sculptilis ( Niedbała, 1988)

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Measurements of specimen from sample South–West Province, Mt. Koup Ecological Reserve, Mt. Koup at Nyasoso, 19–21.V.2006, about 6 km N of Loum, latitude 04°49'09.18"N, longitude 09°42'27.18"E, altitude 1550 m, foggy submontane forest, litter and soil sifting sample, leg V. Grebennikov. Prodorsum: length 252, width 197, height 106; prodorsal setae: sensillus 61, interlamellar (in) 88, lamellar (le) 10, rostral (ro) 51; notogaster: length 555, width 393, height 323; notogastral setae: c 1 88, c 1/ c 1- d 1=0,6, h 1 101, ps 1 88.

Remarks. Notogastral setae covered with small cilia, obtuse distally, notogastral setae h 1 slightly longer than other setae. Distance between setae ps 3 and ps 4 longer than between ps 2 –ps 3. Anal setae an 1 slightly shorter than an 2. This variation that is not found in a type serie.