Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) vitrinus (Berlese, 1913)

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1056

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) vitrinus (Berlese, 1913)

( Fig. 69 A-F)

Hoploderma vitrinum Berlese, 1913 .

Hoplophorella scapellata Aoki, 1965 syn. by Niedbała 2000.

Hoplophorella africana Wallwork, 1967 syn. by Niedbała 1986.

Hoplophorella raychaudhurii Subías et Sarkar, 1984 syn.by Niedbała 1986.

Hoplophorella lienhardi Mahunka, 1987 syn. by Niedbała 2000.

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) nigeriensis Badejo et al. 2001 syn. by Niedbała 2008a.

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) vitrinus: Niedbała 2001 .

Diagnosis — Measurements (Niedbała 2011): length of prodorsum: 168-253; length of notogaster: 383-483. Medium-sized species; colour brown, surface covered with small concavities. Prodorsum with distinct median crista; median sigillar field bifurcate with deep incision, longer than laterals; lateral carinae reaching the sinus; sensilli sickleshaped, long, narrow, inflated in the middle covered with thin spines; interlamellar setae lanceolate, rough; lamellar and exobothridial setae spiniform, minute; rostral setae thick, directed inwards, rough; ro> ss> in> ex> le. Notogaster with setae foliate, short (c 1 <c 1 - d 1) covered with small spines; vestigial setae f 1 posteriorly to h 1 setae. Ventral region; setae h of mentum shorter than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 6: 3; anoadanal plate with setae ad 2 foliate covered with small spines, remaining setae short, spiniform, setae ad 3 somewhat shorter than others. Chaetome of legs reduced; setae a’ on tarsi I absent.

Locality in Tanzania: The Nguru Mts. Species not yet recorded from TAN.

Distribution — Semicosmopolitan species.

Figures

FIGURE 69: Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) vitrinus (Berlese, 1913) (specimen from Brazil): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left genitoaggenital plate; E – right anoadanal plate; F – trochanter and femur of leg I.