Ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) of Tanzania Author Niedbała, Wojciech text Acarologia 2017 2017-11-14 57 4 957 1072 http://dx.doi.org/10.24349/acarologia/20174217 journal article 10.24349/acarologia/20174217 2107-7207 5402635 21351710-FE9E-4E20-A29D-C480D3BA56FD Mesoplophora ( Parplophora ) pulchra Sellnick, 1928 ( Fig. 4 A-C) Diagnosis — Measurements of the specimens from sample TAN-014: Prodorsum: length 182, width and height 144, setae: ss 73, in 68, le and ro 63, ex 10; notogaster: length 242, width 202, height 156, setae: c 1 and e 1 73, c 3 43; genital plate 56×28, anal plate 33×35, distance between genital and anal plates 20. Small-sized species; colour yellow. Prodorsum with pointed rostrum; sensilli long, filiform with head slightly fusiform; other setae simple; interlamellar setae the longest but thinner than lamellar and rostral setae; exobothridial setae the finest, shorter than diameter of bothridia. Setae of notogaster, except setae c 2 and c 3 covered with some spines; setae c 2 the thinnest and more remote from anterior border than setae c 1 and c 3 . Ventral region; formula of epimeral region: 3-1-3-1; 10 pairs of ventral setae present; 7 pairs of genital setae with formulae: 5: 2 and 3 pairs of anal setae present. Chaetome of legs: I: 0-3-3(1)-4(1)-16(3), II: 0-4-3(1)- 3(1)-13(1), III: 2-2-2(1)-2(1)-10, IV: 2-2-0-8; tarsi monodactylous. Locality in Tanzania : Uluguru Mts. Species new to TAN and Afrotropical Region. Remark — All characters of the specimen from TAN-014 are the same as in the description. I found only setae c 3 of notogaster finest and shortest than other notogastral setae. Distribution — Western Palaearctic, distributed in Central Europe, Maghreb countries, Anatolian and Iranian areas. It is surprising to find this Western Palaearctic species in Tanzania .