Notophthiracarus aculeatus Niedbała, 1988

Niedbała, Wojciech & Illig, Jens, 2007, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Ecuador rainforest, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 771-777 : 776

Notophthiracarus aculeatus Niedbała, 1988

( Figure 1 F–H)

Measurements of one specimen from Cajanuma NP

Prodorsum: length 228, height 88.5, sensillus 27.8, interlamellar setae 68.3, lamellar setae 15.2; notogaster: length 409, height 257, c 1 106, c 1 / c 1 – d 151.3.

Remark

All morphological characters are similar to those in the type species except for the presence of longer interlamellar and dorsal notogastral setae; also the surface of the notogaster is not covered with concavities but by a kind of mosaic.

Figures

Figure 1. (A–C) Euphthiracarus bombuscaroensis sp. nov., holotype: (A) prodorsum, dorsal view; (B) lateral view of body; (C) genitoaggenital plate. (D, E) Protophthiracarus quasiminisetosus Niedbała and Illig, 2006, specimen from Cajanuma NP: (D) opisthosoma, lateral view; (E) posterior and lower part of opisthosoma. (F–H) Notophthiracarus aculeatus Niedbała, 1988, specimen from Cajanuma NP: (F) prodorsum, lateral view; (G) anterior part of opisthosoma; (H) trochanter and femur of leg I.