Indotritia, Jacot, 1929

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 970-973

Indotritia (lndotritia) paraconsimilis Niedbała, 2012

( Fig. 8 A-F)

Indotritia paraconsimilis: Niedbała & Ermilov 2012 , Niedbała & Starý, 2015b.

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 535, width 404, height 202; notogaster: length 1141, width 929, height 808. Large-sized species; colour brown. Prodorsum with double lateral carinae; sensilli long, filiform; other setae fine, rather short, rostral and interlamellar erect, rough, ss> in> le = ro; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with rather short (c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.8), rigid and rough setae; setae c 1 and c 2 remote from anterior margin, setae c 3 near margin. Ventral region; setae h of mentum very long, considerably longer than distance between them; genital plates each with 9 setae, with formula 4: 5, two pairs of aggenital setae present; 2 pairs of minute anal and 2 pairs of minute adanal setae present, lyrifissures iad laterally and posteriorly of ad 2 setae. Legs: tarsi heterotridactylous, femora I with distinct distal spine, chaetome (without tarsi): I: 1-4-5(2)-5(1), II : 1-4-4(1)-5(1), III: 3-2-3(1)-4(1), IV: 3-2-2(1)-3(1).

Remark — I correct the characters of ventral region ( Fig. 8E ) of the original Figure 1C ( Niedbała & Ermilov 2012).

Localities in Tanzania: Uluguru Mts.: Niedbała & Starý (2015b); Uluguru and Nguru Mts.

Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Ethiopia and Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURE 8: Indotritia (lndotritia) paraconsimilis Niedbała, 2012 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – right side of ventral region; F – trochanter and femur of leg I.

FIGURE 1: Areas (1-10) of collected samples in Tanzania.