Acrotritia granulata (Mahunka, 1999)

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 48

Acrotritia granulata

( Mahunka, 1999)

( Figure 34D )

Rhysotritia granulata Mahunka 1999

Rhysotritia granulata: Niedbała 2001

I examined once again the paratype in alcohol.

Diagnosis — Measurements of paratype: prodorsum: length 252, height 106; notogaster: length 505, height 384.

All characters the same as A. vestita . Only irregular, probably mineralization patterns as "the ornamentation by secretion granules partly forming a polygonal reticulation" of surface of body ( Mahunka 1999) distinguish A. granulata ( Mahunka 1999) from A. vestita .

Locality in Madagascar (central part): Mahunka 1999, Niedbała 2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical, found only in Madagascar, endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 34: Acrotritia vestita (Berlese, 1913). paratype of Rhysotritia comteae Mahunka, 1983 – synonym of A. vestita: A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – paratype of Rhysotritia granulata Mahunka, 1999, anterior fragment of "Notogaster".