Plonaphacarus ngongi Niedbała, 2001

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1011

Plonaphacarus ngongi Niedbała, 2001

( Fig. 37 A-G)

Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype: prodorsum: length 242, width 192, height 116; notogaster: length 490, width 333, height 313. Species of medium size; colour light-yellow, whitish; integument finely punctate. Prodorsum with posterior furrows; fields and lateral carinae invisible; sensilli long, gradually thickening, with weakly separated head, covered with small spines in distal half; interlamellar setae erect, robust, covered with small spines in distal half, lamellar setae minute, spiniform, smooth; rostral setae moved posteriorly, long, almost procumbent, rough; in> ss> ro> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with setae robust, covered with small spines in distal half (c 1 /c 1 - d 1 =0,79), setae c 1 close to anterior margin, setae c 3 slightly remote and setae c 2 far from margin; vestigial setae invisible; 4 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip, ips present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum longer than their distance between them; arrangement of genital setae: 6(4+2): 3; anoadanal plates with 5 pairs of setae, ad 1 and ad 2 longer than ad 3 setae, anal setae the smallest. Leg setation reduced; setae a’ on tarsi I absent; setae d on femora I located near the distal end of article .

Locality in Tanzania: Arusha Region: Niedbała 2008a.

Distribution — Afrotropical, central part.

Figures

FIGURE 37: Plonaphacarus ngongi Niedbała, 2001 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left genitoaggenital plate; E – left anoadanal plate; F – trochanter and femur of leg I; G – tibia of leg IV.