Tectocepheus elegans Ohkubo, 1981

Nakamura, K., Nakamura, Y. - N. & Fujikawa, T., 2013, Oribatid Mites (Acari, Oribatida) From Tohoku (Northeast Japan), Collected After A Tidal Wave In 2011, Acarologia 53 (1), pp. 41-76 : 59-60

Tectocepheus elegans Ohkubo, 1981

[Japanese name: Kakoi-kuwagatadani]

Tectocepheus elegans Ohkubo, 1981 , Annot. Zool. Japon., 54(1), pp.42-52, figs. 1-3; Fujikawa et al., 1993, J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn., 2(Suppl. 1), p. 57; Subías, 2004, Graellsia, 60, p.154; Nakamura et al., 2006, Mem. Fac. Agr., Ehime Univ., p. 41.

Diagnosis — Rostrum with fence-like sclerotic ridge. Sensilli consisting clavate verrucose head and thin, smooth stem. Notogaster with four pairs of large hollows medially.

Material examined — One female (NSMT-Ac 13632): from point B; holotype slide NSMT-Ac 9204 bearing the label " Tectocepheus elegans OHOKUBO, 1980 " in the National Museum of Nature and Science , Tokyo .

Measurements — Body length 314 µm; width 214 µm. Body colour light brown.

Supplementary description — Notogastral surface covered with cerotegument of irregularly granulate. Measurements (µm) of segments of legs:

[Right-left]:

I ([29-?-[23-23]-[18-?]-[25-?]), II([36-?]-[50-?]-[18-18]-[34-25]-[29-26]), III([29-30]-[36-36]-[16-18]-[34-?]-[29-?]), IV([48-?]-[39-39]-[18-21]-[39-40]-[36-36]).

Distribution — Oriental region.

Remaks — The present specimen differs from the holotype in shape of granules of cerotegument on notogastral surface.