Epilohmannia pallida WALLWORK, 1962

Mahunka, S. & Mahunka-Papp, L., 2007, Taxonomical And Faunistical Studies On Oribatids Collected In Kenya (Acari: Oribatida) I., Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (1), pp. 51-74 : 55

Epilohmannia pallida WALLWORK, 1962

On the basis of the short, spiniform ft’’ bristle the examined specimens unequivocally belong to the relationship of “ pallida ”. AOKI (1965, 1967), BAYOUMI and MAHUNKA (1976) also recognised that this circle comprises either a species group or, at most, a group of subspecies of a single species, rather, than the various populations coming from different localities belong to one species.

The specimens from Kenya – provided that the drawing of WALLWORK is correct in all respects – are nearer to the subspecies of E. pallida egyptica BAYOUMI and MAHUNKA, 1976 than to the nominal species. It is characteristic for the specimens of Kenya that the head of the sensillus is long, the apical spine is similarly long, and the lateral spines are scarce and far in between. The setae of notogaster are similar to those of egyptica, i.e. setae c2 stands behind c1, and p1 is much longer and rather bent than setae c.