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 Euphthiracarus ( Pocsia ) parakunsti Niedbała, 2014 ( Fig. 18 A-F) Diagnosis — Measurements of holotype : prodorsum: length 252, height 101, width 202, setae: ss FIGURE 14: Euphthiracarus ( Pocsia ) heterotrichus Mahunka, 1988 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – lateral view of body; C – right side of ventral region. FIGURE 15: Euphthiracarus ( Pocsia ) heterotrichus Mahunka, 1988 (specimen from Dem. Rep. Congo): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – ventral region. FIGURE 16: Euphthiracarus ( Pocsia ) kunsti Starý, 1988 (after Starý 1988 ): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – ventral region. FIGURE 17: Euphthiracarus (Pocsia) paraafricanus Niedbała et Starý, 2014 . A-C (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum and anterior part of opisthosoma, lateral view; C – right side of genitoaggenital plate. D, E (paratype I): D – prodorsum, lateral view; E – sensillus; F, G (paratype II): F – lateral view of body; G – right side of genitoaggenital plate. FIGURE 18: Euphthiracarus ( Pocsia ) parakunsti (Niedbała, 2014) (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – mentum of subcapitulum; E – genital plates, paraxial sides; F – left side of ventral plate. 78, in 164, le 109, ro 126, ex 15; notogaster: length 459, height 308, width 333, setae: c 1 78, c 1 /c 1 -d 1 =0.77, c 3 91, h 1 and ps 1 71; genitoaggenital plate 157x71, length of seta g 7 43, length of seta g 6 23, anoadanal plate 207x51. Medium-sized species; colour brown. Prodorsum with one pair of medium length, lateral carinae; sensilli with short, narrow pedicel and fusiform head, covered with tine spines at top; other setae rigid, long; interlamellar and rostral covered sparsely with thin spines, lamellar setae rather smooth; rostral and lamellar setae positioned at the same level; exobothridial setae minute; in > ro > le > ss > ex . Notogaster with short ( c 1 <c 1 -d 1 ), thick but flexible setae, pointed distally and covered sparsely with thin spines; setae of row c remote from anterior margin, setae c 1 more, setae c 3 less, setae cp considerably longer than setae c 1-3 . Ventral region; setae h of mentum considerably longer than distance between them; genital plates dentate in anterior part; 7 pairs of genital setae present, setae g 7 the longest, setae g 4-6 shorter, setae g 1-3 (in progenital position) the shortest, two pairs of aggenital setae present, ag 2 slightly longer than ag 1 ; anoadanal plates each with 3 pairs of anal and 3 pairs of adanal setae, anal setae shorter than adanal setae, anal setae an 1 and an 2 smooth, flagellate, other setae more rigid and covered sparsely with thin spines, setae ad 3 situated near setae an 3 ; lyrifissures iad located laterally and slightly posteriorly of setae an 3 . Chaetome of legs: I: 1-3-5(2)-5(1), II: 1-4-3(1)-5(1), III: 2-2-2(1)-2(1), IV: 2-1-1(1)-2(1); tarsi heterotridactylous. Localities in Tanzania : Uluguru and Nguru Mts: Niedbała 2014. Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Tanzania , probably endemic.