New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Borneo and Sumatra
Author
Niedbala, Wojciech
text
Zootaxa
2008
1786
1
18
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182466
4c581701-03cd-460c-8d4c-2ba3796ce62f
1175-5326
182466
Acrotritia sterigma
(
Niedbała, 1998
)
(
Figs 8B, C
)
Length of prodorsum 242, length of notogaster 475.
Chaetome of legs: I: 1-3-4(2)-5(1)-17(3) -1; II: 1-4-3(1)-4(1)-13(2)-1; III: 2-2-2(1)-3(1)-11(0)-1; IV: 2-1- 2-2(1)-10(0)-1.
This species is known as yet only from Society Islands (
Niedbała 1998
). It is similar to
Acrotritia divida
(
Mahunka, 1991
)
from Perak (
Malaysia
) by distally forked lateral carinae of the prodorsum. However the shape of the lateral carinae in these two species is different. The superior branch of the carinae in
A. divida
is shorter and separated from the principal trunk whereas the superior branch of
A. sterigma
is longer and adjacent with the principal trunk.