Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) trentus (Mahunka, 1983)

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 987-990

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) trentus (Mahunka, 1983)

( Fig. 20 A-F)

Pocsia trenta Mahunka, 1983 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 255, height 101, width 202, setae: ss 73, in 169, le 126, ro 144, ex 23; notogaster: length 449, height 343, width 323, setae: c 1 66, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.6, cp 99, h 1 93, ps 1 76; genitoaggenital plate 144×763 ag 2 30, ag 1 20; anoadanal plate 207×51. Species of medium size; colour brown. Lateral carinae of prodorsum present; head of sensilli widely fusiform, covered with small spines; interlamellar, lamellar and rostral setae very long, longer than gastronotic setae, covered with small spines; rostral setae shorter than lamellar setae and all situated on the same level; in> ro> le> ss> ex. Notogastral setae covered with small spines, setae cp and h 1 the longest; setae of row c remote from anterior border, setae c 1 more, setae c 3 less remote. Ventral region; 5 or 6 pairs of genital setae (one posterior pair the longest), 2 pairs of aggenital setae present, setae ag 2 longer than setae ag 1; 3 pairs of anal and 3 pairs of adanal setae present, setae ad 2 and ad 3 the longest; lyrifissures iad situated laterally and slightly posteriorly of an 3 setae .

Localities in Tanzania: Kilimanjaro Mts: Mahunka 1983a, Niedbała 1998; Uluguru Mts.

Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Tanzania, probably endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 20: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) trentus (Mahunka, 1983) (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left genitoaggenital plate; E – left anoadanal plate; F – right genitoaggenital plate, specimen from TAN-16.