Steganacarus (Steganacarus) sol Balogh, 1958

Niedbała, Wojciech & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2011, New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Ethiopia, Zootaxa 2739, pp. 60-68 : 65

Steganacarus (Steganacarus) sol Balogh, 1958

( Figs 4. A, B )

Measurements of specimen from locality 30–33. Prodorsum: length 429, height 127, sensillus 121, setae: interlamellar 338, lamellar and rostral 50; notogaster: length 757, height 505, c 1 293, d 1 252, d 2 141, e 1 353, e 2 252, h 1 404, h 2 318, p 1 429, p 2 192, p 3 101, p 4 91.

Remarks. Interlamellar and notogastral setae thick, not flagellate, covered with small cilia along its length. Notogastral setae of different length. Setae of anoadanal plates rough. Four pairs of lrifissures: ia, im, ip and ips present.

This species differs from S. (S.) werneri Mahunka, 1993 by the shorter lamellar and rostral setae.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A, B. Steganacarus (Steganacarus) sol Balogh, 1958 (A) prodorsum, lateral view, (B) lateral view of opisthosoma; C, D. Steganacarus (Steganacarus) vestitus Niedbała, 1983 (C) prodorsum with fragment of anterior part of notogaster, lateral view, (D) lateral view of opisthosoma.