Austrophthiracarus baloghi Niedbała, 1987

Niedbała, Wojciech & Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz, Anetta, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Victoria (Australia), Zootaxa 4344 (1), pp. 47-85 : 61-62

Austrophthiracarus baloghi Niedbała, 1987

( Fig. 8A–C )

Measurements of selected specimens: (1): prodorsum: length 394, height 182; notogaster: length 838, height 566; (2): length 308, height 111; notogaster: length 566, height 353.

Material examined. Vic. Errinundra Plateau, 37o16’S, 148o53’E, Goonmirk Roks Rd. Podocarp litter, NMY Survey, November 1982 ( 6 specimens).

Remarks. The specimens from Goonmirk have the same characters as the holotype, but the notogastral setae are longer than in specimens from Tasmania (Niedbała 2006). Setae c 1 are slightly more remote from anterior margin. Furthermore some specimens have more notogastral setae (19 or 20) and more adanal setae (six pairs) ( Fig. 8B ).

Notophthiracarus calugarae Niedbała, 1987 ( Fig. 8D )

Measurements of one specimen: prodorsum: length 520, height 369; notogaster: length 1030, height 808. Material examined. Vic. Central Highlands, Acheron Gap. 37o40’43”S, 144o44’20”E, 6 km NE of Mt Donna Buang, moss and litter, Nothofagus cunninghami , 28 December 1995, leg. G Milledge ( 3 specimens). Remarks. The specimens have femur I with setae d bifurcated and setae v” situated on posterior side of setae v’. I suppose that fig XLII, 4 in Niedbała 1987 is incorrect.

Figures

FIGURE 8 A – E. A – C. Austrophthiracarus baloghi Niedbała, 1987 (specimen from Errinundra Plateau, Goonmirk Rocks, 19. XI. 1982). A, anterior part of notogaster; B, right anoadanal plate; C, trochanter and femur of leg. I; D. Notophthiracarus calugarae Niedbała, 1987 (specimen from Central Highlands, Acheron Gap, 28. XII. 1995), trochanter and femur of leg I; E. Notophthiracarus leei Niedbała, 1987 (specimen from Reefton, East Warburton, 29. IX. 1982), prodorsum, lateral view. Scale bars 100 µm (A, B, E), 50 µm (C, D).