Notophthiracarus leei Niedbała, 1987

Niedbała, Wojciech & Szywilewska-Szczykutowicz, Anetta, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Victoria (Australia), Zootaxa 4344 (1), pp. 47-85 : 62

Notophthiracarus leei Niedbała, 1987

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Measurements of one of specimens: prodorsum: length 282, height 116; notogaster: length 596, height 187. Material examined. Vic., Reefton, East Warburton, 37o40’S, 145o55’E, wet site, NMY Survey, August 1982 (13 specimens).

Remarks. Specimens from Reefton are similar to the specimens from Western Australia (Niedbała 1987) but sigillar fields of prodorsum are distinct, exobothridial setae are vestigial and the body is covered with deep, round concavities.

Figures

FIGURE 8 A – E. A – C. Austrophthiracarus baloghi Niedbała, 1987 (specimen from Errinundra Plateau, Goonmirk Rocks, 19. XI. 1982). A, anterior part of notogaster; B, right anoadanal plate; C, trochanter and femur of leg. I; D. Notophthiracarus calugarae Niedbała, 1987 (specimen from Central Highlands, Acheron Gap, 28. XII. 1995), trochanter and femur of leg I; E. Notophthiracarus leei Niedbała, 1987 (specimen from Reefton, East Warburton, 29. IX. 1982), prodorsum, lateral view. Scale bars 100 µm (A, B, E), 50 µm (C, D).