Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) uluguruensis Niedbała et Starý, 2014

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 990

Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) uluguruensis Niedbała et Starý, 2014

( Figs 21 A-F)

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 328, width 252, height 116; notogaster: length 596, width 434, height 444.

Rather large-sized species; colour light brown. Prodorsum with one pair of distinct long lateral carinae; sensilli rather long, with slightly fusiform head, rough, pointed distally; interlamellar setae longer than similar in length rostral and lamellar setae; rostral setae positioned slightly posteriorly of lamellar setae; exobothridial setae minute; in> le> ro> ss> ex. Notogastral setae of medium length (c 1 <c 1 -d 1), flexible, covered sparsely with cilia; setae cp the longest, setae c 1-3 remote from anterior border, setae c 1 more, setae c 3 less than setae c 2. Ventral region; setae h of mentum considerably longer than distance between them; 6 pairs of genital setae, setae g 1-4 minute, setae g 5 and g 6 long and attenuate, considerably longer than other genital setae; two pairs of aggenital setae located vertically present, setae ag 2 twice as long than setae ag 1; setae of anoadanal plates long, 3 pairs of flexible anal and 3 pairs of adanal setae rather straight; setae an 3 situated near setae ad 3; lyrifissures iad located antiaxially from ad 3 setae. Tarsi of legs heterotridactylous.

Localities in Tanzania: Uluguru and Nguru Mts: Niedbała & Starý 2014a.

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

Figures

FIGURE 21: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) uluguruensis Niedbała et Starý, 2014 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – lateral view of body; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – right side of genitoaggenital plate; F – anoadanal plates.