Apoplophora minuscula Niedbała, 2013

Niedbała, Wojciech & Ermilov, Sergey G., 2014, Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from the Joint Russian-Vietnamese Biological Expedition (October 2013 – April 2014), Zootaxa 3884 (2), pp. 156-168 : 166-167

Apoplophora minuscula Niedbała, 2013 (see Niedbała & Ermilov 2013)

( Fig. 6A–D )

Measurements of first specimen from locality 1. Prodorsum: length 106, width 96, height 68. Prodorsal setae: sensillus 61, in 25, le 30, ro 61, ex 33. Notogaster: length 167, width 152, height 152. Notogastral setae: c 1 28, d 1 38, e 1 66; genital plate 25 × 25; anal plate 40 × 26. Distance between genital and anal plates 73. Measurements of second specimen from locality 1. Prodorsum: length 104, width 94, height 66. Notogaster: length 164, width 147, height 88.

Correction of description. Notogaster with eight pairs of setae of different shape. Setae c 1, c 2 and d 1 similar in shape to lamellar, interlamellar and exobothridial setae, narrow, flexible covered with over a dozen cilia; setae c 3 needleform, smooth; other setae long, large in proximal part and attenuate in distal part, covered with 30–40 cilia at one margin. Setae of row c remote from anterior border, setae c 2 more than others. On Fig. 1 in description of holotype ( Niedbala & Ermilov 2013) needleform seta c 3 is absent and both setae e 2 are drawn from two sides.

Figures

FIGURE 6 A – F. Apoplophora minuscula Niedbała, 2013: A, prodorsum, dorsal view; B, prodorsum, lateral view; C, opisthosoma, lateral view; D, ventral side of opisthosoma. Arphthicarus parasentus Niedbała, 2000: E, anterior part of notogaster, lateral view. Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) stilifer (Hammer, 1961): F, anterior part of notogaster, lateral view.

FIGURE 1 A – F. Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) quasitakahashii Niedbała sp. nov.: A, prodorsum, dorsal view; B, prodorsum, lateral view; C, opisthosoma, lateral view; D, mentum of subcapitulum; E, left genitoaggenital plate; F, anoadanal region.