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 Atropacarus ( Hoplophorella ) curtisetosus Niedbała et Starý, 2014 ( Fig. 65 A-D) Diagosis — Measurements of holotype : prodorsum: length 167, width 121, height 51; notogaster: length 296, width 195, height 177. Smallsized species; colour brown; surface of body covered with cerotegument and with small concavities. Prodorsum without lateral carinae; posterior furrows present; sigillar fields indistinct because strong cerotegument; sensilli long, rod-like without head covered with cilia in distal half; other setae short, rodlike, stout, obtuse, rough; ss > ro > in > le ; exobothridial setae vestigial. Notogaster with setae short ( c 1 <‰ c 1 - d 1 ), rigid, stout, obtuse, rough, setae c 1 and c 3 remote from anterior margin, setae c 3 more than c 1 , setae c 2 considerably further; only lyrifissures ip visible. Ventral region ; Formula of genital setae: 5: 4; anoadanal plates with rough setae, setae ad 2 the thickest and longest. Legs : formulae of setae and solenidia of “incomplete type”, setae v’ absent; setae d on femora I slightly remote from distal end of article . FIGURE 64: Atropacarus ( Hoplophorella ) brevipilis ( Balogh, 1958 ) (specimen from Kenya): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – prodorsum, lateral view; C – opisthosoma, lateral view; D – left genitoaggenital plate; E – left anoadanal plate; G – trochanter and femur of leg I. FIGURE 65: Atropacarus ( Hoplophorella ) curtisetosus Niedbała et Starý, 2014 (holotype): A – prodorsum, dorsal view; B – lateral view of body; C – left genitoaggenital and anoadanal plates; D – trochanter and femur of leg I. Locality in Tanzania : The Uluguru Mts: Niedbała & Starý 2014b . Distribution — Afrotropical species known only from Tanzania , probably endemic.