Austrophthiracarus glennieensis Niedbała, 2006

Niedbała, W., 2012, An Updated Study Of Ptyctimous Mite Fauna (Acari: Oribatida) Of The Australasian Region With A Description Of Thirteen New Species, Acarologia 52 (2), pp. 183-228 : 211

Austrophthiracarus glennieensis Niedbała, 2006

( Figure 14 A-F)

Measurements of a specimen from ANIC 1494: prodorsum: length 283, width 217, height 101, sensillum 30, setae: interlamellar 25, lamellar 23, rostral 25, exobothridial 13; notogaster: length 576, width 373, height 343, setae: c 1 40, h 1 32, p 1 28; genitoaggenital plate 141 × 96, anoadanal plate 232 × 116.

This species is characterised by the neotrichy of notogastral setae in rows d, e, h and p as well the neotrichy of adanal setae. It has short, fusiform sensilla and long setae d of femur I bent in a specific way and located in the middle of article. Specimen from sample ANIC-1494 is similar in size to holotype. It is distinguishable by the greater number of notogastral setae (32 pairs), number of adanal setae (7-8 pairs), presence of lyrifissures ips, vestigial setae f 1 and setae h of mentum are shorter than distance between them.

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FIGURE 14: Austrophthiracarus glennieensis Niedbała, 2006 (specimen from ANIC-1494): A – prodorsum, dorsal view, B – prodorsum, lateral view, C – lateral view of opisthosoma, D – mentum of infracapitulum, E – genitoaggenital and anoadanal plates, F – trochanter and femur I.