Plonaphacarus ecphylus Niedbała, 2001

Niedbała, Wojciech, 2017, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania, Acarologia 57 (4), pp. 957-1072 : 1007

Plonaphacarus ecphylus Niedbała, 2001

( Figs 33 A-H; 34A-H)

Diagnosis — Measurements of one specimen from sample TAN-006. Prodorsum : length 303, width 227, height 126, setae: ss 56, in 71, le 33, ro 61; notogaster: length 596, width 404, height 384, setae: c 1 101, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.7, h 1 and ps 1 83; genitoaggenital plate 156×116, anoadanal plate 227×131. Species of medium size; colour dark brown; surface of body covered with weak concavities. Prodorsum with sigillar fields indistinct; posterior furrows present; lateral carinae feeble reach the sinus; sensilli long, with narrow pedicel and rounded head, rough; interlamellar setae of medium size, covered with small spines in distal half; rostral and lamellar setae spiniform, rough; in> ro> ss> le; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with rigid, fairly short (c 1 <c 1 - d 1), blunt distally setae, covered with small spines in distal half; setae c 3 near anterior border, setae c 1 slightly remote, setae c 2 far from border; vestigial setae f 1 posteriorly of h 1 setae, 4 pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip and ips present. Ventral region; setae h of mentum almost equal to distance between them; arrangement of genital setae: 6(4+2): 3; anoadanal plates each with 5 setae, setae ad 2 the longest and the thickest, curved distally, ad 1> an> ad 3. Chaetome of legs complete, setae d remote from distal end of article, setae v” minute .

Localities in Tanzania: Uluguru and Nguru Mts. Species new for TAN.

Distribution — Afrotropical species, found in Kenya and Tanzania only.

Figures

FIGURE 33: Plonaphacarus ecphylus Niedbała, 2001 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – seta h1; E – left genitoaggenital plate; F – left anoadanal plate; G – trochanter and femur of leg I; H – tibia of leg IV.