Protophthiracarus venustus (Niedbała, 1983)

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1033-1037

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https://doi.org/ 10.24349/acarologia/20174217

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scientific name

Protophthiracarus venustus (Niedbała, 1983)
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Protophthiracarus venustus (Niedbała, 1983)

( Fig. 53 View FIGURE A-E)

Hoplophorella venusta Niedbała.1983 .

Protophthiracarus venustus: Niedbała 2001, 2008a .

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 241, width 167, height 88; notogaster: length 449, width 288, height 293. Species of medium size; colour brown, surface covered with small concavities. Prodorsum with median and lateral fields narrow; lateral carinae reach the sinus; posterior furrows present; sensilli long, sickleshaped, enlarged towards distal end, covered with spines; interlamellar setae long, thick, covered with spines in distal half, rostral and lamellar setae smooth, spiniform; in> ss> ro> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with thick, relatively short (c 1 <c 1 - d 1) setae, covered with spines in distal half; vestigial setae absent; 2 pairs of lyrifissures ia and im present. Ventral region, setae h of mentum longer than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 6(4+2): 3; among anal and adanal setae ad 2 the longest and the thickest. Leg setation reduced, setae a’ on tarsi I missing .

Locality in Tanzania: Mt. Meru: Niedbała 2008a. Distribution — Afrotropical, central part.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Oribatida

Family

Phthiracaridae

Genus

Protophthiracarus

Loc

Protophthiracarus venustus (Niedbała, 1983)

Niedbała, Wojciech 2017
2017
Loc

Protophthiracarus venustus: Niedbała 2001 , 2008a

Niedbala 2001
2001
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