Plonaphacarus machadoi ( Balogh, 1958 )

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1011

Plonaphacarus machadoi ( Balogh, 1958)

( Fig. 36 A-F)

Steganacarus machadoi Balogh, 1958 .

Plonaphacarus machadoi: Niedbała 2001 , Niedbała & Ermilov 2014.

Diagnosis — Measurements of specimen from type series: prodorsum: length 283, width 202, height 103; notogaster: length 530, width 348, height 313. Medium-sized species; colour brow; surface of body covered with strong concavities. Prodorsum with broad median field, lateral fields very short, lateral carinae reaching the sinus; posterior furrows present; sensilli long, narrow with round head covered with small spines; interlamellar setae erect, long, thick, covered with small spines in distal half; lamellar setae minute, rostral setae long, directed slightly inwards; exobothridial setae minute; in> ss> ro> le = ex. Notogaster with robust setae (c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =1), spinose in distal half; vestigial setae f 1 anteriorly of h 1 setae; four pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ips present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum longer than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 6(4+2): 3; setae ad 2 on anoadanal plate erect, the longest and the thickest. Leg setation reduced, setae a’ on tarsi I are missing .

Locality in Tanzania: Mahale Peninsula: Niedbała 2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical, central part.

Figures

FIGURE 36: Plonaphacarus machadoi (Balogh, 1958) (specimen from type serie): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left genitoaggenital and anoadanal plates; E – trochanter and femur of leg I; F – tibia of leg IV.