Notophthiracarus cavernosus ( Mahunka, 1987 )

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1037

Notophthiracarus cavernosus ( Mahunka, 1987)

( Fig. 55 A-F)

Hoplophorella cavernosa Mahunka, 1987 .

Notophthiracarus cavernosus: Niedbała 2001 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of paratype: prodorsum: length 394, width 273, height 247; notogaster: length 681, width 442, height 437. Large-sized species; colour brown; body surface covered by tubercles and short ribs. Prodorsum with very high median crista; lateral carinae absent; posterior furrows strong, dorsal and lateral fields narrow and joined; sensilli short, clavate, slightly serrate distally; other setae thin, short, smooth, similar in length. Notogaster with minute setae; vestigial setae f 1 posterior of h 1 setae; all lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ips present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum longer than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 5(4+1): 4; anoadanal setae minute. Chaetome of legs complete, setae d on femora I remote from distal end of segment, setae v" remote from setae v’. Locality in Tanzania: The Kilimanjaro Mts: Mahunka 1987, Niedbała 2001.

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

Figures

FIGURE 55: Notophthiracarus cavernosus (Mahunka, 1987) (paratype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left genitoaggenital plate; E – left anoadanal plate; F – trochanter and femur of leg I.