Notophthiracarus baloghi, Niedbała, 2003

Niedbała, W., 2003, New Species Of Ptyctimous Oribatid Mites From The Neotropical Region, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49 (4), pp. 261-269 : 267-268

Notophthiracarus baloghi sp. n.

( Figs 19–24 )

Description – Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 273, width 207, height 106, sensillus 45, setae: in 141, le 20, ro 35; notogaster: length 510, width 333, height 348, setae: c 1, h 1 and ps 1 111; genitoaggenital plate 141×81, anoadanal plate 182×76.

Colour light brown. Integument finely punctate but anterior part of prodorsum and lower margin of notogaster covered with concavities.

Prodorsum with lateral carinae that reach the sinus. Sigillar fields distinct and short. Posterior furrows well marked. Sensilli relatively short with narrow pedicel and swollen distal part, covered with small spines. Interlamellar setae very long, thick, erect, covered with small spines in distal half, similar in shape to notogastral setae. Lamellar setae minuscule, smooth. Rostral setae spiniform, rough; in> ro> le. Exobothridial setae vestigial.

Notogaster with 15 pairs of fairly long (c 1 almost equal to distance c 1 - d 1) setae, rigid, thick, pointed distally, sparsely covered with strong, small spines in distal half. Setae c 1 and c 3 slightly remote from anterior margin, setae c 2 far from margin. Vestigial setae f 1 posterior to h 1. Twopairs of lyrifissures (ia and im) present.

Ventral region. Setae h of mentum longer than distance between them. Genitoaggenital plates with formula: 5: 4. Anoadanal plates with 5 pairs of setae; 2 anal and 3 adanal setae; setae ad 1 and ad 2 the longest and thickest, setae ad 2 bent distally, setae ad 3 minuscule.

Chaetome of legs of “complete type ”. Setae d on femora I slightly remote from distal end of article.

Comparison and diagnosis. This species is distinguishable from congeners by the short sigillar fields and clublike shape of sensilli with head covered with distinct spines.

Holotype and 6 paratypes: Brazil. 27; 7 paratypes: Brazil, 26 . Holotype and 8 paratypes in NHM, 5 paratypes in DATE. The labels of these samples were impossible to find, so there are denoted only by the number of the samples originated from Department of Entomology , Natural History Museum, London .

and femur of leg I

Figures

Figs 19–24. Notophthiracarus baloghi sp. n.: 19 = prodorsum, lateral view, 20 = prodorsum, dorsal view, 21 = notogaster, lateral view, 22 = genitoaggenital plate, 23 = anoadanal plate, 24 = trochanter