Indotritia Jacot, 1929

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 970

subgenus – Indotritia Jacot, 1929

Anoadanal plates separate by complete suture lndotritia (lndotritia) krakatauensis (Sellnick, 1923)

( Fig. 7 A-E)

Indotritia heterotricha Mahunka, 1984 syn. by Niedbała 1998.

Indotritia septentrionalis Mahunka, 1987 syn. by Niedbała 1998.

non Indotritla tropica Stary, 1993 syn. by Niedbała 1998.

lndotritia (lndotritia) krakatauensis: Niedbała 2001 , Niedbała & Ermilov 2014.

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype of I. heterotricha : prodorsum: length 431, height 158; notogaster: length 846, height 616. Large-sized species; body colour brown. Prodorsum with double lateral carinae; sensilli long, narrow and smooth; other setae relatively short, fine; interlamellar setae bent posteriorly; exobothridial setae vestigial. Gastronotic setae also relatively short (c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0,42) but covered with small spines. Setal formula of palps: 0-2-0-2-9(1); cleft trv shorter than the distance between setae g 8 and g 9; 9 pairs of genital; 2 pairs of aggenital setae (rarely 3 or even 4 pairs); 2 pairs of anal and 2 pairs of adanal setae, lyrifissures iad anteriorly of setae ad 2. Chaetome of legs (without tarsi I and II): I: 1-3-5(2)-5(1), II: 1-4-4(1)-3(1), III: 3-2-3(1)- 3(1)-14, IV: 3-2-2(1)-3(1)-11; all tarsi heterotridactylous .

Localities in Tanzania: Uluguru Mts. Species not yet recorded from TAN.

Distribution — Pantropical species.

Figures

FIGURE 7: lndotritia (lndotritia) krakatauensis (Sellnick, 1923), A (specimen from TAN-003); B-E (specimen from Papua): A – prodorsum, lateral view; B – prodorsum, dorsal view; C – prodorsum, lateral view; D – opisthosoma, lateral view; E – ventral region.