Notophthiracarus rafalskii: Niedbała 2001

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 134

Notophthiracarus rafalskii: Niedbała 2001

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 278, width 177, height 131; notogaster: length 583, width 185, height 349.

Medium-sized species; colour yellow; body surface covered with strong concavities, except anoadanal plates. Prodorsum with powerful median crista; lateral carinae absent; fields weakly visible; posterior furrows distinct; sensilli long, gradually thickening, without well separated head, covered with distinct spines in distal half; other setae fine, spiniform, short, rostral setae remote from each other, ss> ex> in> le> ro. Notogaster with very short (c 1 <1/4 c 1 - d 1), fine, spiniform, setae; setae c 1 situated at anterior margin, setae c 3 near, setae c 2 remote from margin; vestigial setae invisible; 2 pairs of lyrifissures ia and im present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum longer than distance between them; arrangement of minute genital setae: 5: 4; anoadanal plates each with 5 also minute setae, setae ad 1 and ad 2 close to each other and close to paraxial margin of plates. Chaetome of "complete type "; setae d on femora I situated on distal end of article .

Localities in Madagascar (eastern part): Niedbała 1997, 2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical, found only in

Madagascar, endemic.