Acrotritia reticulata ( Mahunka, 1988 )

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 993

Acrotritia reticulata ( Mahunka, 1988)

( Fig. 23 A-E)

Rhysotritia reticulata Mahunka, 1988 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of paratype: prodorsum: length 247, height 91, width 192; setae: ss 56, in 91, le 56, ro 51; notogaster: length 520, height 379, width 353, setae: c 1 66, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.5, h 1 63, ps 1 56; genitoaggenital plate 187×81; anoadanal plate 242×61. All characters the same as A. ardua . Only irregular, probably mineralization patterns as “the ornamentation by secretion granules forming a polygonal reticulation” ( Mahunka 1988) distinguish A. reticulata ( Mahunka 1988) from A. ardua .

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

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

Figures

FIGURE 23: Acrotritia reticulata Mahunka, 1988) (paratype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – right genitoaggenital plate; E – anterior part of anoadanal plates.