Austrophthiracarus diazae ( Ojeda, 1985 )

Niedbala, Wojciech & Stary, Josef, 2015, Two New Species Of The Superfamily Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) From The Seychelles And The Usa With Notes On Other Ptyctimous Mites From Diverse Countries, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 61 (2), pp. 87-118 : 95-98

Austrophthiracarus diazae ( Ojeda, 1985)

( Figs 6A–I)

Calyptophthiracaruscucundus Niedbała, 1988: NIEDBAŁA 2004

Materialexamined – Specimenno 1 isdepositedinDATE, specimenno 2 atISBand specimenno 3 atNHMG, allfromthelocalityCOL-009, Colombia, Meta, Carimagua , 15.IV.1983, nativepasture, savannas, handsampling, legJ. M. Guerrero .

Measurementsofspecimenno 1 – Prodorsum: length 263, width 192, height 91, sensillus 28, lengthofprodorsalsetae: interlamellar (in) 41, lamellar (le) 23, rostral (ro) 35, exo- bothridial (ex) 13; notogaster: length 500, width 323, height 318, lengthofnotogastralsetae: c

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58, h

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51, ps

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48; genitoaggenital plate 139 × 114, anoadanal plate 202 × 109.

trochanterandfemuroflegI.

plate, I = trochanterandfemuroflegI.

Remarks – ThespecimensfromColombiahaveadifferentnumberof notogastralsetae: Specimenno 1 has 19 pairsofnotogastralsetae, specimen no 2 has 23 pairs of setae and specimen no 3 has 23 setae on the left side and 24 setaeontherightside. SpecimensrecordedfromVenezuela ( OJEDA 1985) have 20 pairsofnotogastralsetae, while, ontheotherhand, specimensfrom Ecuador have 19 pairs of setae (sub Calyptophthiracarus cucundus ) ( OJEDA 1985, NIEDBAŁA 1988 b, NIEDBAŁA 2004).

Distribution – Neotropicalspecies ( NIEDBAŁA 2004).