Apoplophora Aoki, 1980

Liu, Dong, Chen, Jun & Qiao, Gexia, 2009, Review of Apoplophora (Acari: Oribatida: Mesoplophoridae), with the description of a new species from China, Zootaxa 2051, pp. 49-61 : 50

Apoplophora Aoki, 1980

Type species: Mesoplophora pantotrema Berlese, 1913 (= Apoplophora remota Aoki, 1980 )

Diagnosis. Sensillus smooth or covered with short barbs; exobothridial seta longer than diameter of bothridium (with exception of A. ornata ); seta c3 similar in shape to other notogastral setae or fine, smooth and shorter than them; genital plate triangular, anal and adanal plates fused to form an “ano-adanal” plate, distance between genital and “ano-adanal” plates longer than length of “ano-adanal” plate; five to six pairs ventral setae; one or two pairs of setae present on antero-lateral position of ventral region; two to four pairs of setae on “ano-adanal” plates; six pairs of smooth genital setae present.

Distribution. China, Australia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.