Oribatid Mites From The Vohimana Reserve (Madagascar) (Acari: Oribatida) I.
Author
Mahunka, S.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2009
2009-05-29
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.12584807
2064-2474
12584807
Oribotritia striata
sp. n.
(
Figs 6–9
)
Material examined.
Holotype
:
Malagasy Republic
,
Vohimana Reserve
, primary forest. 17. 04.
2008. Leg.
CS
.
CSUZDI
(Afr-996).
Holotype
(1768-HO-09) in
HNHM
.
Figs 1–5.
Notophthiracarus zebra
(
BALOGH
, 1962
)
: 1 = body in lateral view, 2 = sensillus, 3 = sculpture of the prodorsum with rostral seta, 4 = interlamellar seta, 5 = sculpture of the notogaster medially
Diagnosis. Aspis and notogaster with longitudinal striation. Two pairs of long and distinct lateral carinae. Sensillus dilated medially, setiform, roughened. Prodorsal setae long, rostral and interlamellar setae with spiniform, lamellar ones with filiform distal part. Three pairs of aggenital, one pair of anal and three pairs of adanal setae. Legs tridactylous, setae
u
on tarsi II–IV short, dilated, spiniform. Femora I with distal spur.
Figs 6–9.
Oribotritia striata
sp. n.
: 6 = body in lateral view, 7 = sensillus, 8 = anterior part of body in dorsal view, 9 = anogenital region
Measurements. Length of aspis: 357 µm, length of notogaster: 670 µm, height of notogaster: 455 µm.
Prodorsum. Rostral part of aspis striated. Median crista absent, two pairs of long and well sclerotised lateral carinae present (
Fig. 6
). Both pairs reaching to the lateral margin of aspis. Median and basal part of the aspis without pattern. Ratio of prodorsal setae
in> le> ro
, setae
le
much thinner than the others, filiform. Setae
ro
and
in
with spiniform distal end. Sensillus (
Fig. 7
) longer than the prodorsal and notogastral setae, spiniform, roughened, but slightly dilated medially.
Notogaster. Dorsomedian surface smooth, lateral part partly striated (
Fig. 8
). Notogastral setae long, not shorter than rostral setae. Some of them (
c
3
and
p
3
) thin, filiform, all others much thicker and blunter. All setae smooth.
Lateral part of podosoma. Bothridial squama well-developed, with a distinct dorsal line.
Ventral parts (
Fig. 9
). Nine pairs of genital setae present, among them 4 pairs in
kag
position. Three pairs of aggenital setae longer than the preceding genital ones. Anal plates each with one short setae, adanal plates each with three similar setae. All setae in anal region shorter than the aggenital setae. Lyrifissures
iad
located between the
ad
2
and
ad
3
setae.
Legs. All legs triheterodactylous. Femur I with sharply pointed dorsal spur. Setae
u
on the tarsi II–IV short and wide.
Remarks. The new species belongs to the
O. paraspinosa
-group. It can be distinguished from its related species by the sculpture of the notogaster and by the three pairs of aggenital setae (see the key of Ethiopian
Oribotritia
taxons by
NIEDBAŁA
1998
,
2004
,
2008
).
Figs 10–11.
Nanhermannia milloti
(
BALOGH
, 1960
)
– variation of the prodorsal condyles
Etymology. Named after the characteristic prodorsal and notogastral ornamentation.