Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) singularis, : Niedbala, 2001

Niedbała, W., 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Madagascar and neighbouring islands, Acarologia 57 (1), pp. 3-205 : 162

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) singularis

( Sellnick, 1959)

( Figure 110 )

Hoplophthiracarus regalis Mahunka 1978 syn. by Niedbała 1994b

Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) singularis: Niedbała 2001

Diagnosis — Measurements of paratype of Hoplophthiracarus regalis ( Niedbala 2001) : prodorsum: length 252, width 162, height 93; length of notogaster 530.

Medium sized species; colour brown, surface covered with small concavities. Prodorsum with short sigillar field, median field with incision between rostral setae; lateral carinae weak; posterior furrows present; sensilli with long pedicel and rounded head covered with few spines; interlamellar setae thick, erect covered with small spines in distal half; rostral and lamellar setae spiniform; in> ro> ss> ex> le. Notogaster with baciliform setae, rather short (c 1 <c 1 -d 1) covered with spines in distal end, setae c 3 near the anterior margin, setae c 2 and c 3 remote from margin, setae c 2 more than setae c 1; vestigial setae f 1 posterior of h 1 setae. Ventral region; setae h of mentum shorter than distance between them; formula of genital setae: 6: 3 or 6: 4; between setae of anoadanal plates setae ad 2 thick and longest; setae ad 3 shortest and covered with small spines as notogastral setae; other setae rough. Chaetome of legs complete; setae d of femora I, curved and located at distal end of article.

Localities in Mauritius, Mayotte ( Comoros) and Seychelles: Mahunka 1978a, Niedbała 2001, 2008a.

Distribution — Pantropical.

Figures

FIGURE 110: Hoplophthiracarus regalis Mahunka, 1978 (paratype) synonym of A.(H.) singularis (Selnick, 1959): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – fragment of opisthosoma, lateral view; D – seta ps1; E – right genitoaggenital plate;