Protophthiracarus quasiminisetosus Niedbała and Illig, 2006

Niedbała, Wojciech & Illig, Jens, 2007, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Ecuador rainforest, Journal of Natural History 41 (13 - 16), pp. 771-777 : 776

Protophthiracarus quasiminisetosus Niedbała and Illig, 2006

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Measurements of one specimen from Cajanuma NP

Prodorsum: length 404, height 136; notogaster: length 828, height 535, c 1 53.1, c 1 / c 1 – d 150.26, h 1 63.2, ps 1 55.7.

Remark

Morphological characters of prodorsum and genitoaggenital plates are similar to those of the type species. Morphological differences concern the considerably longer notogastral and anal setae, greater number (24 pairs) of notogastral setae (21 pairs in holotype) and different arrangement of ps row setae.

Figures

Figure 1. (A–C) Euphthiracarus bombuscaroensis sp. nov., holotype: (A) prodorsum, dorsal view; (B) lateral view of body; (C) genitoaggenital plate. (D, E) Protophthiracarus quasiminisetosus Niedbała and Illig, 2006, specimen from Cajanuma NP: (D) opisthosoma, lateral view; (E) posterior and lower part of opisthosoma. (F–H) Notophthiracarus aculeatus Niedbała, 1988, specimen from Cajanuma NP: (F) prodorsum, lateral view; (G) anterior part of opisthosoma; (H) trochanter and femur of leg I.