Notophthiracarus armatus ( Mahunka, 1986 )

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

Notophthiracarus armatus ( Mahunka, 1986)

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Hoplophorella armata Mahunka, 1986 .

Notophthiracarus armatus: Niedbała 2001 .

I examined once again the holotype in alcohol.

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 191, width 151, height 81; notogaster: length 348, width 249, height 227. Species of medium size; colour brown, prodorsum covered with concavities, surface of notogaster with polygonal reticulation, ventral plates with weak concavities. Prodorsum with very diversified design of anterior part of median field; lateral fields joined with median; lateral carinae distinct; posterior furrows well visible; sensilli bulbous in proximal part and very narrow and tapering in distal part; other setae short, spinifom; ss> ro> in> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with short (c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.29) setae, simple, spiniform, slightly curved; setae c remote from anterior margin, setae c 2 far from margin; vestigial setae absent; only 2 pairs of lyrifissures: ia and im present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum shorter than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 6(4+2): 3; setae on anoadanal plates short, rough, setae ad 1 slightly remote from proximal margin. Chaetome of legs complete; setae d on femur I slightly remote from distal end.

Localities in Tanzania: Tanga Region, Usumbara Mts, Mt. Meru Krofer: Mahunka 1986, Niedbała 2001; the Uluguru Mts.

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

Figures

FIGURE 54: Notophthiracarus armatus (Mahunka, 1986) (holotype): 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.