Arphthicarus Niedbała, 1994

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 85

Arphthicarus Niedbała, 1994

Median and lateral sigillar fields of prodorsum not fused; lamellar setae short, length ratio of lamellar setae/prodorsum <0.2. Notogaster with 15 pairs of setae, rarely neotrichous; setae c 1 usually shorter than distance between setae c 1 and d 1. Ventral region; setae g 7 - g 9 displaced towards the paraxial margin of anoadanal plate, almost in row with setae g 1 - g 5, setae g 6 remote from the margin and located anteriorly of g 5, when it is placed posteriorly these setae, the distance between g 6 and g 5 is shorter than that between g 5 and g 4; adanal setae well developed, setae ad 1 remote from paraxial margin and longer than anal setae; setae ad 2 also remote from margin.

Distribution — Pantropical, in Palaearctic only in southern border.