Hoplophthiracarus Jacot, 1933

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1015-1018

Hoplophthiracarus Jacot, 1933

Hoplophthiracarus: Jacot 1933 (in part), Niedbała 2008b, Subías 2004 (in part) Protophthiracarus: Balogh 1972 (in part).

Type species: Hoploderma histricinum Berlese, 1908

Diagnosis — Body integumental surface usually covered with concavities. Prodorsum with median sigillar field not fused with lateral fields; furrows usually present on back of prodorsum; interlamellar setae more or less erect; lamellar setae usually very short. Notogaster with 15 pairs of setae, setae c 1 shorter than distance between setae c 1 and d 1; 2 – 4 pairs of lyrifissures present. Ventral region always with nine pairs of genital setae, setae g 6-9 or g 7-9 located almost in one row with setae g 1-5; adanal setae remote from paraxial margin of anoadanal plate, setae ad 1 longer than anal setae, all setae on anoadanal plate well developed, neotrichy of adanal setae present. Legs: setae d on femora I usually at distal end of segment; setae d of tibiae IV long and independent of solenidion.

Distribution — Semicosmopolitan