Plonaphacarus paramachadoi Niedbała et Starý, 2015

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1011-1015

Plonaphacarus paramachadoi Niedbała et Starý, 2015

( Fig. 38 A-F)

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 252, width 202, height 91; notogaster: length 485, width 328, height 303. Species of medium size; colour brown; microsculpture of integument slightly rugged with polygonal ornamentation. Prodorsum with distinct, rather short lateral carinae; sigillar fields short; posterior furrows indistinct; sensilli club-like with elongated, dilated head obtuse distally and covered with small spines; interlamellar setae long, thick, erect covered with small spines in distal half similar to notogastral setae; lamellar setae short, spinose, smooth; rostral setae stout, thick, erect, pointed distally and covered with small spines, remote from anterior bor- der; in> ro> ss> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with setae of medium length (c 1 <c 1 - d 1), thick, covered with spines in distal half, setae c 1 and c 3 slightly remote from anterior margin, setae c 2 far from border; vestigial setae f 1 located slightly anteriorly of h 1 setae; 4 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip and ips present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum minute; formula of genital setae: 6(4+2): 3; anoadanal plates with 5 pairs of well-developed setae, setae ad 2 the longest and bent distally, anal setae shorter than ad 1 and ad 2 setae but longer than ad 3 setae, adanal setae rough, anal setae smooth. Chaetome of legs of “complete type”; setae d of femora I remote from distal end of article .

Locality in Tanzania: Uluguru and Nguru Mts: Niedbała & Starý, 2015a.

Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Tanzania, probably endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 38: Plonaphacarus paramachadoi Niedbała et Starý, 2015 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – right genitoaggenital plate; E – right anoadanal plate; F – mentum of subcapitulum; G – trochanter and femur of leg I; H – tibia of leg IV.