Proterothrix papuensis Constantinescu, 2024

ConstantinescuK, Ioana Cristina, ChișameraK, Gabriel Bogdan, MotocK, Rozalia & AdamK, Costică, 2024, Three new feather mite species of the genusProterothrix Gaud, 1968 (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) from birds of paradise (Passeriformes: Paradisaeidae), Acarologia 1968 (2), pp. 661-682 : 674

Proterothrix papuensis Constantinescu n. sp.

Zoobank: 36D1D2C8-FF33-40D4-9A88-65332BFD9EC5 ( Figures 9–12 )

Figures

Figure 9 Proterothrix papuensis, male. A – dorsal view, B – ventral view.

Figure 10 Proterothrix papuensis n. sp., male. A – D details of male legs, dorsal view, A – leg I, B – leg II, C – leg III, D – leg IV, E – opisthosoma of male, ventral view.

Figure 11 Proterothrix papuensis n. sp., female. A – dorsal view, B – ventral view.

Figure 12 Proterothrix papuensis n. sp., female. A – D details of female legs, dorsal view, A – leg I, B – leg II, C – leg III, D – leg IV, E – spermatheca and spermaducts of female. Abbreviations: hs – head of spermatheca, pd – primary spermaduct, sd – secondary spermaduct.