Austrophthiracarus bicarinatus
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Genus: Austrophthiracarus
Name
Austrophthiracarus bicarinatus Niedbała, Wojciech, 2014 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Austrophthiracarus bicarinatus Niedbała, Wojciech, 2014, Zootaxa 3889: 47-47.
Description
Description. Big species, colour brown, body surface punctated. Prodorsum with narrow sigillar fields, median longer than laterals. Two pairs of lateral carinae present, upper longer, reach almost the end of rostrum, posterior furrows absent. Sinus absent. Sensilli very short, slightly fusiform, rough. Very long interlamellar and lamellar setae, procumbent, similar to notogastral setae, attenuate, flexible, smooth, rostral and exobothridial setae short, needleform. Notogaster with 16 pairs of notogastral setae, different in length, attenuate, flexible, smooth, generally dorsal longer than lateral setae, notogastral setae c1 considerably longer than distance between c1-d1. Additional setae in rows c. Setae c1, c 1 ' and c2 slightly remote from anterior notogastral margin, notogastral setae c3 less remote. Vestigial setae f1 situated anteriorly of h1 setae. Five pairs of lyrifissures, ia, im, ip, ih, and ips, present. Ventral region. Setae h of mentum slightly shorter (0.9) than distance between their insertion points. Arrangement of fairly long genital setae: 5 (4 + 1): 4; but in holotype only one seta at right plate is absent. Anoadanal plates with adanal setae ad1 and ad2 longer than anal and ad3 setae. Legs. Chaetome of legs complete type. Setae d on femora I relatively long and slightly remote from distal end of article.
Materials Examined
Material examined.Holotype and five paratypes are deposited at DATE from the locus typicus: North–West Province, Mt. Oku, about 12 km W of Kumbo, 4–5. V. 2006, latitude 06° 13 ' 17.64 " N, longitude 10 ° 30 ' 13.26 " E, altitude 2800 m, montane foggy forest, litter and soil sifting sample, leg V. Grebennikov, two paratypes are deposited at ISB and one paratype is deposited at NHMG all from the same locality.
Etymology
Etymology. The specific epithet bicarinatus refers to the presence of two pairs of lateral carinae of prodorsum. Comparison. The new species is distinguishable from congeners by presence of two pairs of prodorsal lateral carinae, long notogastral setae, also interlamellar and lamellar setae of prodorsum, short fusiform sensilli and presence of one pair of additional setae in row c of notogaster.
Taxon Treatment
- Niedbała, Wojciech; Starý, Josef; 2014: New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cameroon, Zootaxa 3889: 47-47. doi
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