Steganacarus (Steganacarus) vestitus: Niedbała 2001

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1024

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) vestitus: Niedbała 2001 .

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 434, width 278, height 159; notogaster: length 809, width 523, height 497. Largesized species; colour brown, integument covered with small concavities. Median and lateral fields of prodorsum long and narrow; lateral carinae absent; sensilli long, smooth, filiform, tapering; interlamellar setae erect, very long, thick at proximal end and tapering towards distal end, flagelliform, covered with spaced scales; lamellar setae rigid, spiniform and smooth; rostral setae short, procumbent, rough; exobothridial setae minute; in> ss> le> ro> ex. Notogaster with setae c 1, c 2, c 3, cp, h 1, ps 1, ps 2 long and slightly rough in proximal part, flagellate, setae d 1, d 2, e 2, h 3, ps 3, ps 4 shorter, rigid and rough in distal half; setae c 1 and c 3 situated near anterior margin, setae c 2 slightly remote from margin; vestigial setae f 1 located on level of h l setae; 4 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 1, the longest, setae ad 3 the shortest. Leg setation complete .

Locality in Tanzania: Kilimanjaro Mts: Niedbała

2001.

Distribution — Afrotropical, central part.