Notophthiracarus uluguruensis Niedbała et Starý, 2015

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1044-1050

Notophthiracarus uluguruensis Niedbała et Starý, 2015

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Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 328, width 257, height 116; notogaster: length 667, width 465, height 444. Mediumsized species; colour brown; well sclerotized; integument covered with feeble mosaic and punctate. Prodorsum with distinct, joined together sigillar fields, deep sinus situated anteriorly of median field; posterior furrows present; lateral carinae distinct, not so long; sensilli with fusiform head, smooth, rounded distally; other setae needleform, rough, rostral setae erect, situated near rostrum; ro> in> ss> le> ex. Notogaster with rather short (c 1 /c 1 - d 1 =0.6) rigid, needleform setae, covered with very short cilia, in shape as prodorsal setae; setae c 1 and c 2 situated remote from anterior border, setae c 3 near the border; between lyrifissures only ia and im present; vestigial setae not observable. Ventral region; setae h of mentum slightly longer than distance between them; arrangement of genital setae: 6: 3, setae g 1-5 considerably smaller than setae g 6-9; anoadanal plates with unusual arrangement of adanal setae, setae ad 1 and ad 2 situated close to each other, both posteriorly of anal setae, setae ad 2 the longest and thickest, all setae rough. Legs setation of “complete type”; seta d on femora I distinctly remote from distal end of segment .

Localities in Tanzania: the Uluguru Mts: Niedbała & Starý 2015d.

Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Tanzania, probably endemic.

Figures

FIGURE 63: Notophthiracarus uluguruensis Niedbała et Starý, 2015 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – left genitoaggenital plate; F – left anoadanal plate; G – trochanter and femur of leg I.