Carinozetes bermudensis, Pfingstl & Schuster, 2012

Pfingstl, T. & Schuster, R., 2012, Carinozetes Nov. Gen. (Acari: Oribatida) From Bermuda And Remarks On The Present Status Of The Family Selenoribatidae, Acarologia 52 (4), pp. 377-409 : 390

Carinozetes bermudensis n. sp.

Diagnosis — Brown to dark brown sclerotized mites ( Figure 10 ). Average length 357 µm, mean width 222 µm. Notogaster rounded. Sensillus clavate, spinose, short. Interlamellar setae normal. A pair of weak longitudinal ridges on anterior part of notogaster. Fifteen pairs of notogastral setae. Two pairs of adanal and two pairs of anal setae. Legs monodactylous with large claw. Leg setation (chaetome, solenidia): Leg I 0-4-2-3-18, 1-2-2; leg II 0-4-2-3-15, 1-1-1; leg III 1-2-1-2-13, 1-1-0; leg IV 1-2-1-3-12, 0-1- 0. Juveniles plicate with large centrodorsal plate.

Figures

FIGURE 10: Carinozetes bermudensis adult, LM-micrographs; scale bar = 100 µm: A – dorsal view, layered from 6 sequentially focused images; B – ventral view, 6 layered images; C – lateral view, 10 layered images.