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Acrotritia ardua C. L. Koch 1841

Description

Acrotritia ardua (C. L. Koch, 1841)

(Fig. 13A–F)

Measurements of one of specimens from sample: South–West Province, Mt. Koup Ecological Reserve, Mt. Koup at Nyasoso, 19–21.V.2006, about 6 km N of Loum, latitude 04°49'09.18"N, longitude 09°42'27.18"E, altitude 1550m, foggy submontane forest, litter and soil sifting sample, leg V. Grebennikov, prodorsum: length 293, width 217, height 101; prodorsal setae: sensillus 97, interlamellar (in) 106, lamellar (le) 81, rostral (ro) 56, exobothridial (ex) 10; notogaster: length 596, width 515, height 444; notogastral setae: c 1 101, c 1/ c 1 -d 1=0.74.

Remarks. Specimens from this sample have monodactylous tarsi IV. This common species normally have heterotridactylous tarsi IV.

Notes

Published as part of Niedbała, Wojciech & Starý, Josef, 2014, New and little known species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Cameroon, pp. 31-57 in Zootaxa 3889 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/228762

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
C. L. Koch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Family
Euphthiracaridae
Genus
Acrotritia
Species
ardua
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Acrotritia ardua Koch, 1841 sec. Niedbała & Starý, 2014

References

  • Koch, C. L. (1841) Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Regensburg., 32 pp.