Indotritia Jacot, 1929

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

Indotritia Jacot, 1929

Indotritia: Märkel 1964, 1968 , Walker 1965, Aoki 1980a, Mahunka 1990 a

Indotritia (Indotritia) : Mahunka 1988, Subías 2004

Type species: Indotritia krakatauensis Sellnick, 1923

Diagnosis — Median carina absent; one or two pairs of lateral carinae present; bothridial squamae situated above bothridia; sensilli usually setiform, smooth; lamellar setae arising posteriorly, rostral setae in normal position; posterior median apodeme absent. Notogaster with 14 pairs of setae; a terminal sinus present; vestigial setae f 1 situated anterior to h 1 setae; openings of opisthonotal glands (gla) and lyrifissures: ia, im, ip, ips, ih present. Ventral region; setae h of infracapitular mentum usually very long, considerably longer than distance between them; palps 5-segmented, but its genua and femora not hinged, palpal setal formula: 0-2-0-2-9+1; genitoaggenital scissure incomplete, these plates are fused anteriorly; internal transversal apodeme present; anogenital cleft present, but mostly short, genital plates with an extension anteriorly. Legs heterotridactylous, with normal chaetome; solenidia on tarsi II with coupled setae; solenidia on genua IV present; setae d on tibiae IV reduced and coupled with the solenidia.

Distribution — Pantropical, relatively uncommon in northern hemisphere: Nearctic and Palaearctic Regions.