Phthiracarus pellucidus Ramsay, 1966

Niedbała, W., 2012, An Updated Study Of Ptyctimous Mite Fauna (Acari: Oribatida) Of The Australasian Region With A Description Of Thirteen New Species, Acarologia 52 (2), pp. 183-228 : 211

Phthiracarus pellucidus Ramsay, 1966

( Figure 13 A-G)

Measurements of specimen from sample CRO- 009: prodorsum: length 212, width 156, height 101, sensillum 15, setae: interlamellar 81, lamellar 58, rostral 51, exobothridial 35; notogaster: length 379, width and height 263, setae: c 1 86, h 1 81, p 1 76; genitoaggenital plate 114 × 63, anoadanal plate 124 × 51. Australian specimens have slightly longer setae than those from New Zealand ( Niedbała 2000).

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FIGURE 13: Phthiracarus pellucidus Ramsay, 1966 (specimen from CRO-009): A – prodorsum, dorsal view, B – prodorsum, lateral view, C – lateral view of opisthosoma, D – mentum of infracapitulum, E – genitoaggenital plate, F – anoadanal plate, G – trochanter and femur I.