Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) heterotrichus ( Mahunka, 1988 )

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 981

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) heterotrichus ( Mahunka, 1988)

( Figs 14 A-C, 15A-E)

Pocsia heterotricha Mahunka, 1988 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 210, height 76, width 152, setae: ss 63, in 83, le 71, ro 83, ex 20; notogaster: length 394, height 242, width 212, setae: c 1 56, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.6, c 3 56, cp 76, h 1 58, ps 1 53, h 3 61; genitoaggenital plate 137×51, g 6 45, g 5 35, ag 2 23, ag 1 20; anoadanal plate 159×25. Species of medium size; colour brown. Prodorsum with simple lateral carinae; sensilli long, fusiform, finely ciliate; other setae long and barbed; rostral setae shorter than lamellar setae and situated on the same level with lamellar setae or slightly posteriorly; ro = in> le>ss> ex. From among gastronotic setae, setae c 3 the shortest, setae cp the longest. Ventral region; 6 pairs of genital setae, 2 posterior genital setae longer than remainder, 2 pairs of aggenital setae; 3 pairs of anal and 3 pairs of adanal setae present, setae ad 3 the longest; lyrifissures iad situated laterally between ad 3 and an 3 setae. Chaetome of legs (without tarsi) of the same specimen from Dem. Rep. Congo: I: 1-3-5(2)-5(1), II: l – 4-3(1)-5(1), III: 2-2-2(1)- 2(1), IV: 2-1- 1 (1)-2(1); all tarsi monodactylous .

Localities in Tanzania: Tanga Region: Mahunka 1988, Niedbała 1998.

Distribution — Central part of Afrotropical Region.

Figures

FIGURE 14: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) heterotrichus Mahunka, 1988 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – lateral view of body; C – right side of ventral region.