New And Little Known Oribatid Mites From Madagascar (Acari: Oribatida) Ii.
Author
Mahunka, S.
text
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
2011
2011-02-28
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.5731982
68b48d77-6efb-408e-add4-7f5b991c2322
2064-2474
5731982
Trematoppia cristipes
BALOGH, 1964
(
Figs 13–16
)
The species (and a new genus) was described by
BALOGH (1964)
, based on a single specimen (
holotype
) only, but it is absent from his collection. In the newly studied material I have also found
one specimen
, and although it is slightly damaged, it fits the description by J. BALOGH, therefore the identity is unambiguous.
Owing to the limited number of available specimens I give now only a short diagnosis, with some main characters:
Diagnosis: Prodorsum wide, rostrum round. Median costula absent; lateral costula, short transversal costula and one pair of longitudinal crests in interbothridial position present. Sensillus long slightly dilated, lanceolate. Ten pairs of notogastral setae present, setae
la
and
lm
present only as alveoli; other notogastral setae barbed. Anterior epimeres covered by two plates, not touching medially. All epimeral setae long, barbed. Genito-anal setal formula: 6–1–2–3, genital setae minute, all other ventral setae much longer, ciliate. All legs monodactylous, tibia of leg IV with ventral cusp, femur IV with wide, serrate ventral keel.
Figs 8–12.
Tuberocepheus longus
(
BALOGH, 1964
)
: 8 = trichobothrium and humeral part of notogaster, 9 = femur of leg I, 10 = femur of leg II, 11 = femur of leg IV, 12 = femur of leg III
Figs 13–16.
Trematoppia cristipes
BALOGH, 1964: 13
= body in dorsal view, 14 = body in ventral view, 15 = tibia of leg IV, 16 = femur of leg IV
Type
species:
Trematoppia cristipes
BALOGH, 1964
Remarks: The genus
Trematoppia
BALOGH, 1964
was classified by
SUBÍAS (2010)
into the oppioid subfamily
Lanceoppiinae BALOGH, 1983
. In my opinion it is a misinterpretation, nearly all of the preceding features are different in the two taxa. Therefore, on this basis I relegate it to the family
Teratoppiidae BALOGH, 1983
.