Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) parakunsti Niedbała, 2014

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 981-987

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) parakunsti Niedbała, 2014

( Fig. 18 A-F)

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 252, height 101, width 202, setae: ss

78, in 164, le 109, ro 126, ex 15; notogaster: length 459, height 308, width 333, setae: c 1 78, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.77, c 3 91, h 1 and ps 1 71; genitoaggenital plate 157x71, length of seta g 7 43, length of seta g 6 23, anoadanal plate 207x51. Medium-sized species; colour brown. Prodorsum with one pair of medium length, lateral carinae; sensilli with short, narrow pedicel and fusiform head, covered with tine spines at top; other setae rigid, long; interlamellar and rostral covered sparsely with thin spines, lamellar setae rather smooth; rostral and lamellar setae positioned at the same level; exobothridial setae minute; in> ro> le> ss> ex. Notogaster with short (c 1 <c 1 -d 1), thick but flexible setae, pointed distally and covered sparsely with thin spines; setae of row c remote from anterior margin, setae c 1 more, setae c 3 less, setae cp considerably longer than setae c 1-3. Ventral region; setae h of mentum considerably longer than distance between them; genital plates dentate in anterior part; 7 pairs of genital setae present, setae g 7 the longest, setae g 4-6 shorter, setae g 1-3 (in progenital position) the shortest, two pairs of aggenital setae present, ag 2 slightly longer than ag 1; anoadanal plates each with 3 pairs of anal and 3 pairs of adanal setae, anal setae shorter than adanal setae, anal setae an 1 and an 2 smooth, flagellate, other setae more rigid and covered sparsely with thin spines, setae ad 3 situated near setae an 3; lyrifissures iad located laterally and slightly posteriorly of setae an 3. Chaetome of legs: I: 1-3-5(2)-5(1), II: 1-4-3(1)-5(1), III: 2-2-2(1)-2(1), IV: 2-1-1(1)-2(1); tarsi heterotridactylous.

Localities in Tanzania: Uluguru and Nguru Mts: Niedbała 2014.

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

Figures

FIGURE 18: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) parakunsti (Niedbała, 2014) (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – genital plates, paraxial sides; F – left side of ventral plate.