Notophthiracarus parausitatus Niedbała 2012, n. sp.
Creators: name: Niedbała, W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Phthiracaridae
Notophthiracarus
Notophthiracarus parausitatus

description: <i>Notophthiracarus parausitatus</i> n. sp. <b>(Figure 11 A-G)</b> Type material — Holotype and three paratypes (one in ANIC, two in NHC): ANIC-546, Mt. Lewis, 960 m, 16°35’S 145°17’E, rainforest, 30 Oct. 1976, coll. R. W. Taylor and T. A. Weir; one paratype ANIC-952, Mt. Haig, 1150 m, 17°06’S 146°34’E, rainforest, 3 Apr. 1984, coll. A. Calder and T. Weir. Measurements of holotype — Prodorsum: length 172, width 129, height 73, sensillum 61, setae: interlamellar 58, lamellar 10, rostral 33, exobothridial 10; notogaster: length 313, width 202, height 197, setae: <i>c 1</i> 56, <i>h 1</i> 53, <i>p 1</i> 51; genitoaggenital plate 76 × 58; anoadanal plate 111 × 51. Description — Colour brown. Surface of the body covered with concavities. Prodorsum with distinct, lateral carinae of medium length. Sigillar fields weakly discerned. Sensilla with long pedicel and short fusiform head covered with small cilia. Interlamellar setae thick, erect, covered with small cilia in distal half. Lamellar setae needleform, short, smooth. Rostral setae bent, thick, short, with cilia in distal part. Exobothridial setae similar to lamellar setae. Notogaster with 15 pairs of rather short (<i>c 1</i> &lt; <i>c 1 - d 1</i> ), rigid, thick setae, covered with short cilia in distal part, in shape as interlamellar setae. Setae <i>c 1</i> and <i>c 3</i> situated close to the anterior border, setae <i>c 2</i> shifted away from the border. Among all lyrifissures, only large <i>ia</i> was observed. Ventral region — Setae <i>h</i> of mentum longer than distance between them. Arrangement of genital setae: 6: 3. Genital setae very small. Five pairs of setae on anoadanal plate. Setae <i>ad 1</i> and <i>ad 2</i> rough and longer than other setae, setae <i>ad 3</i> very short and needleform, setae <i>ad 1</i> and <i>ad 3</i> situated near proximal margin. Legs setation of complete type. Seta <i>d</i> on femora I bifurcated distally and distinctly remote from distal end of segment. Other localities — DOR-001, Dorrigo NP, Never Never camping, rainforest, sieved litter, sample 7, 16 Aug. 2007, coll. J. B&amp;lstrok;oszyk and S. Konwerski - 30; DOR-010, Dorrigo NP, Never Never camping, rainforest, litter, near dead log, 16 Aug. 2007, coll. J. B&amp;lstrok;oszyk and S. Konwerski - 6; DOR-005, Dorrigo NP, Never Never camping, rainforest, unsieved wood dust, sample 1, 16 Aug. 2007, coll. J. B&amp;lstrok;oszyk and S. Konwerski - 2; DOR1-002, Dorrigo NP, rainforest litter, un-sieved material, sample 3, 17 Aug. 2007, coll. J. B&amp;lstrok;oszyk and S. Konwerski - 12; DOR1-005, Dorrigo NP, rainforest, sieved litter, sample 1, 17 Aug. 2007, coll. J. B&amp;lstrok;oszyk and S. Konwerski - 12; NBP-001, Nymboi-Binderay NP, <i>Eucalyptus</i> forest, sieved material, 17 Aug. 2007, coll. J. B&amp;lstrok;oszyk and S. Konwerski - 2. Etymology — The prefix para is Latin meaning "near" and refers to the similarity of the new species to <i>Notophthiracarus usitatus</i> Niedba&amp;lstrok;a, 1989. Comparison to related species — The new species looks like <i>Notophthiracarus usitatus</i> Niedba&amp;lstrok;a, 1989 in the shape of body, shape of notogastral setae, shape and proportion of interlamellar and lamellar setae. However, the new species is distinguishable from the latter one in the presence of lateral carinae of prodorsum, shape of sensilla with fusiform head, rostral setae bent distally, presence of exobothridial setae, large lyrifissures <i>ia</i>, small setae <i>ad 3</i> on anoadanal plates, bifurcate setae <i>d</i> of femora I.
description: Published as part of <i>Niedbała, W., 2012, An Updated Study Of Ptyctimous Mite Fauna (Acari: Oribatida) Of The Australasian Region With A Description Of Thirteen New Species, pp. 183-228 in Acarologia 52 (2)</i> on page 208, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122049, http://zenodo.org/record/5402447
description: {"references": ["Niedbala, W. 1989 - Phthiracaroidea (Acari, Oribatida) nouveaux du royaume australien - Ann. zool., 43: 19 - 50."]}