Oribotritia Jacot, 1924

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 22

Oribotritia Jacot, 1924

Prodorsum without median crista and with one or two pairs of lateral carinae; bothridial scales situated dorsal to bothridia; posterior median apodeme absent; sensilli setiform; interlamellar and rostral setae in median position, lamellar setae situated near bothridia. "Notogaster" with 14 pairs of setae, setae ps 1 dorsal to setae ps 2-3; vestigial setae f 1 anteriorly of setae h 1; one pair of lateral opisthonotal gland openings (gla) and 5 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip ips, ih present. Ventral region; genitoaggenital and anoadanal scissures well developed, oblique anogenital cleft visible; infracapitulum of stenarthric type; setae h of mentum usually longer than distance between them; normal formula of epimera: 3-0-2-2; genital plates with narrowed, free extension anteriorly; palps 5-segmented with setal formula: 0-(2-4)-0-(2-3)-9 and one solenidion on tarsi. Legs trochanters I and II with one pair of setae, trochanters III and IV with three pairs of setae; femora I with anterodorsal hooked spine; neotrichy on tarsi I and II; solenidia present on genua IV; setae d on tibiae IV reduced and coupled with solenidion; tarsi heterotridactylous .

Distribution — Semicosmopolitan.