Berlese's Primitive Oribatid Mites Author van der Hammen, L. text Zoologische Verhandelingen 1959 40 1 93 http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148866 journal article ORI111 0DC6B575-3CB3-41C1-A3EC-850520AE4487 Prototritia armadillo Berlese (1916) Arthroplophora (Prototritia) armadillo Berlese , 1916, p. 66. There is only one slide of the species present in the Berlese Collection, viz. no. 160/22 from Italian Somaliland; the preparation is designated as type. The slide is in such a bad condition that only a few characters are visible. The sensillus is filiform. I established that the species is distinctly different from Aedoplophora .