Atropacarus, Ewing, 1917

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 162

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/514F87BD-7FC8-FF16-BACF-FEF9FB009649

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Marcus

scientific name

Atropacarus
status

 

Atropacarus View in CoL . (Hoplophorella) stilifer

( Hammer, 1961)

( Figure 111 View FIGURE )

Steganacarus stilifer Hammer 1961

Hoplophorella benoiti Mahunka 1984 View in CoL syn. by Niedbała 2001

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer: Niedbała 2001

Diagnosis — Measurements of body of holotype 380 ( Hammer 1961). Measurements of paratype of Hoplophorella benoiti : prodorsum: length 180, width 126, height 78; notogaster: length 353, width 212, height 207.

Rather small-sized species; colour light brown, surface covered with small concavities. Prodorsum with median sigillar field narrow, longer than laterals; posterior furrows present, lateral carinae visible; sensilli long, recurved, sickle-shaped, inflated in distal end and covered with small spines; other setae slightly lanceolate; ss> in> ro> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with inflated setae, short (c 1 <c 1 -d 1) covered with spines in distal end, setae c 1 near the anterior margin, setae c 2 and c 3 remote from margin; vestigial setae f 1 posterior of h 1 setae. Ventral region; setae h of mentum almost equal as distance between them (shorter in specimen from Cameroon); formula of genital setae: 6: 3; between setae of anoadanal plates setae ad 2 lanceolate and longest; anal setae long, filiform, smooth, setae ad 3 shortest. Chaetome of legs incomplete; setae l’ on genua IV absent; setae d of femora I, curved and slightly remote from anterior margin.

Locality in Seychelles: Niedbała 2008a.

Distribution — Pantropical.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Sarcoptiformes

Family

Phthiracaridae

Loc

Atropacarus

Niedbała, W. 2017
2017
Loc

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer: Niedbała 2001

Niedbala 2001
2001
Loc

Hoplophorella benoiti

Mahunka 1984
1984
Loc

Steganacarus stilifer

Hammer 1961
1961
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