Notophthiracarus puylaerti, Niedbala, 2001

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 131

Notophthiracarus puylaerti

Niedbała, 2001

( Figure 88 )

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 172, width 124, height 72; notogaster: length 338, width 207, height 202.

Small-sized species; colour light brown; ornamentation of integument densely and finely punctate. Prodorsum with weak median crista and short lateral carinae; fields distinct, median longer than lateral ones; posterior furrows present; bothridia covered by unusual, small, triangular scales; sensilli moderately long, with thin stalk and rounded head; setae spiniform, except vestigial exobothridial setae; ss> ro> in> le. Notogaster with short (c 1 / c 1 - d 1 =0,26), spiniform, rough setae; setae c 1 remote from anterior border, setae c 3 positioned further posteriorly, setae c 2 furthest; vestigial setae f 1 and lyrifissures absent. Ventral region; formula of genital setae: 4: 5, setae g 6 near anterior group of g 1-5, g 7 at least twice its length from g 8, but setae g 8 and g 9 located near to each other, in about same distance as length of g 8; formula of anal and adanal setae: 2: 3; setae are spiniform and equal in length. Chaetome of solenidia and setae of "incomplete type ". Setae v’ on femora I absent, setae d on femora I strong and inserted near the middle of article .

Locality in Madagascar: Mahunka 2002.

Distribution — Afrotropical, found only in Congo and Madagascar.

Figures

FIGURE 88: Notophthiracarus puyalerti Niedbała, 2001 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left paraxial fragment of genitoaggenital plate; E – right anoadanal plate, F – trochanter and femur of leg I.