Mesoplophora (P.) pulchra Sellnick, 1928

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Mesoplophora (P.) pulchra Sellnick, 1928

Mesoplophora pulchra Sellnick, 1928 , p. 38, Fig. 88; Willmann 1931, p. 189, Figs 341–342; Grandjean 1933, p. 310, Figs 1 –5; 1934, p. 356, Figs 2–3 ; 1965, p. 93, Fig. 1 ; Balogh 1943, p. 101, Tab. XVIII, Fig. 5; Ghilarov & Krivolutsky 1975, p. 368, Fig. 922; Balogh & Mahunka 1983, p. 110, pl. 52 (A–B); Olszanowski et al. 1996, p. 6; Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 2004, p. 41; Weigmann 2006.

Mesoplophora (P.) pulchra Sellnick, 1928 : Niedbała 1985, p. 94, Figs 1 –5; 2002b, p. 18; 2008c, p. 114, Fig. 1 (A–E); 2011, p. 29, Fig. 11 (F–J); 2012b, p. 12; Balogh & Balogh 1992, vol. 2, p. 11, pl. 7 (C–D); Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 152.

Distribution: Palaearctic Region, (?) USA.

Notes: Niedbała (2002b) assumed that this species recorded from the USA ( Marshall et al., 1987) belong to species

M. (P.) abscondita .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Apoplophora pantotrema (Berlese, 1913) (tritonymph): A, lateral view of body (legs removed); B, ventral region; C, prodorsum, dorsal view. Scale bars = 100 µm.

FIGURE 2. Archoplophora rostralis (Willmann, 1930): A, lateral view of body (legs removed); B, prodorsum, dorsal view; C, ventral region. Scale bars = 50 µm.

FIGURE 3. Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) heterotricha sp. nov.: A, lateral view of body (legs removed); B, prodorsum, dorsal view; C, ventral region. Scale bars = 100 µm.