Phthiracarus obscurus Niedbała, 1986

Niedbała, Wojciech & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2013, New and little known ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from India, Zootaxa 3731 (4), pp. 577-588 : 585

Phthiracarus obscurus Niedbała, 1986

( Fig. 6 A–F )

Measurements of specimen from India (Locality: In-2). Prodorsum: length 237, height 91. Notogaster : length 465, height 313.

Remarks. Notogaster with two pairs of lyrifissures ia and im from both sides, right femur with „complete chaetotaxy“, left femur with „incomplete chaetotaxy“, setae v’’ is absent, setae h of infracapitular mentum are shorter than distance between them. All other characters as in holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 6A–F. Phthiracarus obscurus Niedbała, 1986. A, prodorsum lateral view, B, mentum of infracapitulum; C, lateral view of opisthosoma; D, femur, genu and tibia of leg IV; E, right trochanter and femur I; F, left trochanter and femur I.