Protophthiracarus mayottei Niedbała, 2001

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

Protophthiracarus mayottei Niedbała, 2001

( Fig. 51 A-F)

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 404, width 283, height 156; notogaster: length 780, height 507. Large-sized species; colour light brown; prodorsum covered with weak concavities, notogaster and ventral plates with strong concavities. Integument of dorsal side of notogaster with irregular lines. Fields of prodorsum and posterior furrows invisible; lateral carinae absent; sensilli elongate, gradually thickening, without well separated head; rostral setae strong, thick, rough, similar to gastronotic setae, directed inwards; interlamellar and lamellar setae fine, attenuate; ro>ss> in> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with relatively short setae (c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0,77), thick, spiniform, rough; dorsal setae longer than lateral ones; setae c 3 close to anterior margin, setae c 1 remote, setae c 2 far from anterior margin; vestigial setae and lyrifissures invisible because of the strong cerotegument. Ventral region; setae h of mentum longer than distance between them; arrangement of genital plate: 7(4+3): 2; anoadanal plates each with 5 setae; setae ad 2 thick, the longest close to an 1 setae; ad 2> an 2> ad 1> ad 3 = an 1. Leg setation complete; setae d on femora I strong, bent, remote from distal end of article .

Locality in Tanzania: Mahale Peninsula: Niedbała 2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical, eastern part.

Figures

FIGURE 51: Protophthiracarus mayottei Niedbała, 2001 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – paraxial margin of left genitoaggenital plate; E – paraxial margin of left anoadanal plate; F – trochanter and femur of leg I.