Hoplophthiracarus ambiguus Niedbała, 1982

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1018

Hoplophthiracarus ambiguus Niedbała, 1982

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Hoplophthiracarus ambiguus: Niedbała 2001 , Niedbała & Ermilov 2014, Niedbała & Starý, 2015b.

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum 288, width 197; notogaster: length 586, width 409, height 369. Species of medium size; colour yellowish; integument finely punctuate and covered with concavities. Prodorsum with broad, convergent median and very short lateral sigillar fields; small sinus posterior of rostral setae; lateral carinae and posterior furrows present; sensilli long, with narrow pedicel and enlarged, spinose head; interlamellar setae long, erect, covered with spines; lamellar and exobothridial setae minute; rostral setae also short, spiniform, rough, slightly bent; in> ss> ro> le> ex. Notogaster with rather short (c 1 <‰ c 1 - d 1) setae, covered with small spines, setae c 1 and c 3 slightly remote from anterior margin, setae c 2 far from margin; vestigial setae f 1 posterior of h 1 setae, situated between setae h 1 and ps 1; 4 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ips present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum slightly shorter than distance between them; arrangement of genital setae: 7(4+3): 2, between anoadanal setae, ad 1 and ad 2 rough and longer than other setae. Leg setation reduced, setae a’ on tarsi missing; setae d on femora I remote from distal end of article .

Locality in Tanzania: Uluguru Mts.

Distribution — Afrotropical species, central part.

Figures

FIGURE 41: Hoplophthiracarus ambiguus Niedbała, 1982 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – left genitoaggenital plate; F – left anoadanal plate; G – trochanter and femur of leg I.