Mesoplophora Berlese, 1904

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 13-16

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1051/acarologia/20164149

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:21351710-FE9E-4E20-A29D-C480D3BA56FD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/514F87BD-7F63-FFB8-BAA9-FB04FCD8928D

treatment provided by

Marcus (2021-08-30 14:39:44, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-06 00:59:52)

scientific name

Mesoplophora Berlese, 1904
status

 

Mesoplophora Berlese, 1904 View in CoL

Distance between genital and anal plates equal to half the length of anal plates; nine to 10 pairs of "ventral" setae; two to four pairs of anal setae; seven pairs of genital setae, formula 6+1 or 5+2; setation of palps: 0-2-0-3-12+1.

Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) Berlese, 1904

Two pairs of anal setae present. Distribution — Semicosmopolitan.

Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) africana Balogh, 1958 View in CoL

( Figure 5 View FIGURE )

Mesoplophora africana Balogh, 1958 View in CoL

Mesoplophora insularis View in CoL PØrez-Iaeigo, 1983 syn. by

Niedbała 2001

Mesoplophora ifeana Badejo et al. 2001 ( Badejo et al.

2001b) syn. by Niedbała 2008a

Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) africana: Niedbała 2001 View in CoL

Diagnosis — Measurements of specimens from sample MAG-015. Adult: prodorsum: length 215,

A – lateral view of body; B – ventral side; C – adult, lateral view of body; D – adult, genital plate; E – tritonymph, lateral view of body; F – tritonymph, ventral side; G – deutonymph, lateral view of body; H – deutonymph, ventral side.

height 101; "notogaster": length 303, height 187; tritonymph: length of prodorsum 202, "notogaster": length 271, width 215; length of genital plate 83, length of anal and adanal plates 96; deutonymph: length of prodorsum 174; length of "notogaster" 245; length of genital plate 63; length of anal and adanal plates 88.

Small-sized species; adult specimen is similar in size as specimen from type series.

Deutonymph — Body almost transparent. Prodorsum with fine interlamellar, lamellar and rostral setae almost similar in length, exobothridial setae minute; sensilli setiform covered with 6 rather long spines. "Notogaster" with seven pairs of fine setae, setae c 2 slightly remote more from anterior border than setae c 1 and c 3. Ventral plate with 4 pairs of setae; plate Q with one pair of setae; plate P with 2 pairs of setae; genital plates with 4 pairs of setae; anal plates without setae; adanal plates with 2 pairs of setae.

Remark — This deutonymph has, as the deutonymph of Mesoplophora (Parplophora) pulchra Sellnick (1928) ( Grandjean 1933) genital plate with 4 setae and anal plates without setae.

Tritonymph — Body almost transparent. Prodorsum with fine interlamellar, lamellar and rostral setae almost similar in length, exobothridial setae minute; sensilli setiform covered with seven rather long spines. "Notogaster" with 8 pairs of fine setae, setae c 2 remote distinctly more from anterior border than setae c 1 and c 3. Ventral plate with 5 pairs of setae; plate Q with one pair of setae; plate P with 2 pair sof setae; genital plates with 6 pairs of setae; anal plates with 2 pairs and also adanal plates with 2 pairs of setae.

Remark — This tritonymph has, as the tritonymph of Mesoplophora (P.) pulchra the same number (8) of "notogastral" setae but more all ventral setae (7 pairs in M. (M.) pulchra ) and less anal and adanal setae (each 3 pairs in M. (P.) pulchra ) ( Grandjean 1933).

Adult — Size and all characters as in redescription by Mahunka (1985). Colour yellowish. Prodorsum with lateral carinae distinct; sensilli setiform covered with 12-15 thin spines; interlamellar, lamellar and rostral setae covered with small spines, in> le> ro; exobothridial setae minute, shorter than diameter of bothridia. "Notogaster" with 8 pairs of short setae covered with thin spines; setae of row c thinner than setae of rows d and e; setae c 2 remote from anterior border more than setae c 1 and c 3. Ventral region with 9 pairs of setae covered with thin spines of unequal length, except minute setae h 2; 7 pairs of genital setae with formula: 6+1; 2 pairs of anal setae covered with small spines.

Localities in Comoros: Niedbała 2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical, central and eastern parts.

Badejo M. A., Woas S., Beck L. 2001 b - Mesoplophora ifeana, a new species ptychoid mite (Acari, Oribatida) from Nigeria - Andrias, 16: 65 - 73.

Balogh J. 1958 - Oribatides nouvelles de l'Afrique tropicale - Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaine, 59 (1 - 2), 1 - 34.

Grandjean F. 1933 - Oribates de l'Afrique du Nord (1 re SOrie) - Bulletin de la SociOtO d'histoire naturelle d'Afrique du Nord, 24, 308 - 323.

Mahunka S. 1985 - Description and redescription of Ethiopian Oribatids (Acari, Oribatida). II - Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, 77, 233 - 249.

Niedbala W. 2001 - Study on the diversity of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) and quest for centres of its origin: the fauna of the Ethiopian region - Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 3, 1 - 245.

Niedbala W. 2008 a - Description of a new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia and a checklist of ptyctimous mites of the Afrotropical Region - Tropical Zoology, 21, 1 - 9.

Sellnick M. 1928 - Formenkreis: Hornmilben, Oribatei - In: Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas, 3 (9), 1 - 42.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 5: Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) africana Balogh, 1958. A, B (after Mahunka 1985); C-H (after specimens from MAG-015):

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Sarcoptiformes

Family

Mesoplophoridae