Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) tuberculosissimus (Mahunka, 1978)

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

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) tuberculosissimus (Mahunka, 1978)

( Fig. 68 A-F)

Steganacarus tuberculosissimus Mahunka, 1978 . Hoplophorella horrida Mahunka,1984 syn by Niedbała 2001.

Hoplophorella meszarosi Mahunka, 1988 syn by Niedbała 2001.

Hoplophorella tuberosa Mahunka, 1988 syn by Niedbała 2001.

Hoplophorella verrucosa Mahunka, 1987 syn by Niedbała 2001.

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) tuberculosissimus: Niedbała 2001 .

Diagnosis — Measurements ( Niedbała 2001): prodorsum: length 298-429, width 207-273, height 126-187; notogaster: length 716-948, width 363-505, height 406-511. Large-sized species; colour light brown, body strongly sculptured, covered with some ribs, foveoles and rugae. Prodorsum with powerful quadrangular median crista with three anterior projections well visible in dorsal aspect; lateral carinae and posterior furrows present; median sigillar field trapezoidal, lateral fields short; sensilli rather long, smooth, blade-shaped, tapering, flagellate at distal end; other setae needle-shaped; lamellar setae situated anteriorly of interlamellar ones, distance between interlamellar setae is large; ss> in> ro> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with well-developed anterior hood; setae thin, fine, short and curved (c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0,16-0,21), majority of setae inserted on tubercules; setae of row c remote from anterior margin, c 1 situated in the middle of the hood, c 3 near anterior margin, setae c 2 far from margin; vestigial setae not visible. Ventral region; setae h of mentum shorter than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 4: 5; anal and adanal setae minute. Chaetome of legs complete; setae d on femora I situated on distal end of article.

Localities in Tanzania: Tanga Region: Mahunka

1988, Niedbała 2001; the Uluguru and Nguru Mts.

Distribution — Afrotropical and southafricain, disjunctive.

Figures

FIGURE 68: Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) tuberculosissimus (Mahunka, 1978) (paratype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – paraxial margin of left genitoaggenital plate; E – left anoadanal plate; F – trochanter and femur of leg I.