Steganacarus somalicus

van der Hammen, L., 1959, Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites, Zoologische Verhandelingen 40, pp. 1-93 : 45

Steganacarus somalicus (Berlese, 1923)

Phthiracarus (Trachyhoplophora) somalicus Berlese , 1923, p. 258.

Berlese described the present species as closely related to S. striculus , possibly even a variety.

In the Berlese Collection the original material (nos. 208/ 9-14, no type-selection) from "Somalia italiana, Foci del Giuba" is labelled as " Phthiracarus echidninus Berl. var. somalicus "; apparently echidninus is an unpublished synonym of striculus .

As mentioned by Berlese, the species differs from striculus by the rather short sensillus that is thickened towards the end. The notogastral hairs appear to be slightly longer than in striculus ; they are stif f and coarse at the end.