identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
C93A8833FFF5FFEFFEA964E33CF67B57.text	C93A8833FFF5FFEFFEA964E33CF67B57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oribotritia perpusilla Niedbała & Starý 2016	<div><p>Oribotritia perpusilla n. sp.</p> <p>(Figures 1)</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Measurements of holotype — Prodorsum: length 255, width 150, height 94, setae: sensillus 101, interlamellar (in) 53, lamellar (le) 43, rostral (ro) 35; notogaster: length 429, width 152, height 247; notogastral setae: c 1 and h 1 38, ps 1 45; genital and aggenital plates 99 × 38, anal and adanal plates 233 × 25.</p> <p>Medium-sized species; body colour pale yellow.</p> <p>Prodorsum — with distinct, long and simple lateral carinae. Sensilli long, bent in proximal part, smooth. Other prodorsal setae short, interlamellar (in) and rostral (ro) setae erect, rough, lamellar setae (le) procumbent, smooth, exobothridial setae (ex) vestigial.</p> <p>Notogaster — Notogastral setae short, c 1 / c 1 - d 1 =0.4, all notogastral setae strong, rough, except filiform setae c 3 and ps 3; setae c 1 and c 2 remote from anterior margin, setae c 3 near the margin.</p> <p>Ventral region — Setae h of subcapitular mentum shorter than distance between them. Anogenital cleft trv long. Nine pairs of genital and two pairs of equal aggenital setae present, genital setae g 1-5 longer than setae g 6-9. Anal plate without setae and three pairs of adanal setae present. Distance between adanal setae ad 1 and ad 2 slightly longer than between ad 2 and ad 3. Lyrifissures iad situated laterally between adanal setae ad 2 and ad 3.</p> <p>Legs — Chaetome of legs without tarsi: I: 1- 3-5(2)-5(1), II:1-4-3(1)-3(1), III: 3-2-3(1)-3(1), IV: 3-2- 2(1)-3(1); all tarsi heterotridactylous.</p> <p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=47.43839&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.278389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 47.43839/lat -21.278389)">Material</a> examined — Holotype is deposited at DATE from locus typicus: Madagascar, Ranomafana National Park, Vatoharanana, 3. X. 2012, evergreen rain forest, latitude 21°16’42.2" S, longitude 47°26’18.2" E, altitude about 1000 m, sifted forest leaf litter, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg. L. S. Rahanitriniaina.</p> <p>Etymology — The name of the new species perpusillus is Latin for "very small" and alludes to the small size of body in comparison with congeners.</p> <p>Comparison — The new species differs from its congeners by the small size, the long, simple lateral carinae of the prodorsum and long, bent sensilli, absence of anal setae and presence of three pairs of adanal setae.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C93A8833FFF5FFEFFEA964E33CF67B57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niedbała, W.;Starý, J.	Niedbała, W., Starý, J. (2016): Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia 56 (4): 485-496, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164134, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164134
C93A8833FFF5FFE8FCB465473D4578D8.text	C93A8833FFF5FFE8FCB465473D4578D8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) paranetron Niedbała & Starý 2016	<div><p>Euphthiracarus (Euphthiracarus) paranetron n. sp.</p> <p>(Figures 2)</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Measurements of holotype — Prodorsum: length 218, width 149, height 94; prodorsal setae: sensillus (ss) 68, interlamellar (in) and rostral (ro) 91, lamellar (le) 76, exobothridial (ex) 29; notogaster: length 414, width 262, height 257; notogastral setae: c 1 56, c 1 /&lt;c 1 - d 1 =0.5, h 1 and ps 1 53; genitoaggenital region 132 × 53; anoadanal region 202 × 43.</p> <p>Medium-sized species. Colour yellow. Surface of body reticulate.</p> <p>Prodorsum — with two pairs of parallel lateral carinae. Sensilli (ss) rather long, with elongated, rough, spindle-shaped head. Prodorsal setae long, erect, attenuate; relative lengths of prodorsal setae in = ro&gt; le&gt; ss&gt; ex.</p> <p>Notogaster — with relatively short (c 1 &lt;c 1 - d 1), rigid notogastral setae covered sparcely with spines; notogastral setae c 1-3 remote from anterior margin, setae c 1 and c 2 further removed than c 3.</p> <p>Ventral region — Setae h of subcapitular mentum longer than distance between them. Nine pairs of genital setae with formula 8: 1, two pairs of rather long aggenital setae. Anal setae an 1 and an 2 shorter, slender and thinner than adanal setae ad 1 and ad 2. Lyrifissures iad situated between adanal setae ad 2 and anal setae an 3.</p> <p>Legs — Chaetome of legs without tarsi: I: 1-3- 5 (2)-5(1), II: 1-3-2(1)-4(1), III: 2-2-2(1)-2(1), IV: 2-1- 1(1)-2(1), all tarsi monodactylous.</p> <p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.164448&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.524445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.164448/lat -12.524445)">Material</a> examined — Holotype is deposited at DATE from locus typicus: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.164448&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.524445" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.164448/lat -12.524445)">North</a> Madagascar, Montagne d’Ambre National Park, circuit Ampijoroana, 7. I. 2015, evergreen rain forest, latitude 12°31’28" S, longitude 49°09’52" E, altitude 950 m, sifted forest leaf litter sample under Pandanus sp. tree, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg. P. Ba ˇnaˇr and E. M. Rabotoson.</p> <p>Etymology — The prefix para is Latin meaning "near" and refers to the similarity the of the new species with the species Euphthiracarus netron Niedbała et Starý, 2014.</p> <p>Comparison — The new species is distinguishable from the similar E. netron Niedbała et Starý, 2014 by the reticulation of body surface (versus punctuation of surface), presence of two pairs of lateral carinae of prodorsum (versus one pair), slightly different shape of sensilli, with head like elongated spindle (versus short spindle), longer exobothridial setae ex, longer than distance between setae le and ro (versus shorter than le -ro), longer setae h of mentum than distance between them (versus setae h shorter), arrangement of genital setae: 8: 1 (versus arrangement 7: 2) (Niedbała and Starý 2014b).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C93A8833FFF5FFE8FCB465473D4578D8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niedbała, W.;Starý, J.	Niedbała, W., Starý, J. (2016): Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia 56 (4): 485-496, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164134, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164134
C93A8833FFF2FFEAFE9D66D73E797C30.text	C93A8833FFF2FFEAFE9D66D73E797C30.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phthiracarus paracrispus Niedbała & Starý 2016	<div><p>Phthiracarus paracrispus n. sp.</p> <p>(Figures 3)</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Measurements of holotype — Prodorsum: length 283, width 202, height 101; prodorsal setae: sensillus (ss) 66, interlamellar (in) 126, lamellar (le) 101, rostral (ro) 68, exobothridial (ex) 58; notogaster: length 581, width 379, heigh 328; notogastral setae: c 1 152, c 1 / c 1 - d 1 =1.1, h 1 and ps 1 94.</p> <p>Species of medium size; colour greyish.</p> <p>Prodorsum — with median and lateral fields distinct long and narrow. Lateral carinae long, exceeds the sinus. Posterior furrows not visible. Sensilli (ss) long, thin, smooth, enlarged in their proximal third and ending in a point. Interlamellar (in) and lamellar (le) setae fine, smooth, semi-erect; rostral setae (ro) curved and directed downwards; exobothridial setae (ex) rather long, almost as long as ss and ro; relative length of prodorsal setae in&gt; le&gt; ro = ss&gt; ex.</p> <p>Notogaster — with fine, rather long notogastral setae (c 1&gt; c 1 - d 1); setae c 1 and c 3 slightly remote from anterior notogastral margin, setae c 2 far from the margin. Vestigial notogastral setae f 1 located posteriorly of h 1 setae; two pairs of lyrifissures ia and im present.</p> <p>Ventral region — Setae h of subcapitular mentum shorter than distance between them. Genitoaggenital plate with 9 genital setae with formula: 7(4+3): 2. Anoadanal plates with five pairs of welldeveloped setae; anal setae considerably longer than adanal setae, adanal setae ad 1 and ad 3 short, ad 2 minute.</p> <p>Legs — Chaetome of legs complete; setae d of femora I thin, remote from distal end of article.</p> <p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=46.818443&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.301638" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 46.818443/lat -16.301638)">Material</a> examined — Holotype is deposited at DATE from locus typicus: Madagascar, Ankarafantsika National Park, 23. IV. 2011, lowland forest, latitude 16°18’05,9" S, longitude 46°49’06,4" E, altitude 71 m, sifted sample of forest litter, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg. L. S. Rahanitriniaina and R. Raveloson;</p> <p>Etymology — The prefix para is Latin meaning "near" and refers to the similarity of the new species with P. crispus Hammer, 1972.</p> <p>Comparison — The new species is similar to P. crispus Hammer, 1972 in the characters of prodorsum, especially in the shape of sensilli. It is distinguishable by longer notogastral setae c 1; c 1&gt; c 1 - d 1, (versus c 1 &lt;c 1 - d 1); notogastral setae c 1 and c 3 slightly remote from anterior margin, setae c 2 far from margin (versus c 3 almost near margin and c 1 and c 2 slightly remote from margin); vestigial notogastral setae f 1 located posterior of h 1 (versus anterior of h 1); setae h of subcapitular mentum shorter than distance between them (versus, longer of distance); formula of genital setae 7(4+3): 2, versus: 7(4+2): 3; adanal setae ad 2 minute (versus ad 2 rather long, similar in the length to other adanal setae); chaetome of legs complete (versus chaetome of legs incomplete) (Hammer 1972).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C93A8833FFF2FFEAFE9D66D73E797C30	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niedbała, W.;Starý, J.	Niedbała, W., Starý, J. (2016): Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia 56 (4): 485-496, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164134, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164134
C93A8833FFF0FFEAFF7662FA3A207D88.text	C93A8833FFF0FFEAFF7662FA3A207D88.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phthiracarus ranomafanensis Niedbała & Starý 2016	<div><p>Phthiracarus ranomafanensis n. sp.</p> <p>(Figures 4)</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Measurements of holotype: Prodorsum: length 364, width 273, height 136; prodorsal setae: sensillus (ss) 45, interlamellar (in) 94, lamellar (le) 53, rostral (ro) 76, exobothridial (ex) 43; notogaster: length 515, width 454, height 485; notogastral setae: c 1 61, c 1 / c 1 - d 1 =0.4, h 1 and ps 1 30; genitoaggenital plate 151 × 126, anoadanal plate 227 × 111.</p> <p>Medium-sized species; colour light brown.</p> <p>Prodorsum — with distinct sigillar fields. Lateral carinae absent. Sensilli (ss) short, club-shaped with rounded head. Other prodorsal setae fine, attenuate, in&gt; ro&gt; le&gt; ex, rostral setae (ro) procumbent.</p> <p>Notogaster — with 15 pairs of fine, attenuate and very short notogastral setae, setae c 1 shorter than half of distance between setae c 1 - d 1. Setae c 1 and c 2 remote from anterior margin of notogaster, setae c 3 situated near this margin. Vestigial setae f 1 located anterior of h 1 setae (left side of holotype) or at the level of h 1 setae (right side of holotype). Four pairs of lyrifissures ia, im, ip and im present.</p> <p>Ventral region — Setae h of subcapitular mentum slightly longer than distance between them. Formula of genital setae 4: 5. Anoadanal plates with 5 pairs of very short setae, adanal setae ad 1 the longest. Adanal setae situated near paraxial border of plates, adanal setae ad 1 at the level of anal setae an 1 and adanal setae ad 2 at the level of anal setae a n 2.</p> <p>Legs — Chaetome of legs of "complete type "; setae d of femora I long, robust and slightly remote from distal end of article.</p> <p>Material examined — Holotype is deposited at DATE from locus typicus: Madagascar, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=47.36747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.217667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 47.36747/lat -21.217667)">Ranomafana National Park</a>, 15. IV. 2011, secondary forest, latitude 21°13’03.6" S, longitude 47°22’02.9" E, altitude 1198 m, Amboditanimena village environs, sifted sample of forest litter, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg. P. Ba ˇnaˇr and R. Raveloson.</p> <p>Etymology — This new species is named after Ranomafana National Park.</p> <p>Comparison — The new species has the arrangement of genital setae similar to that of some South African species of the genus Phthiracarus such as P. densus Niedbała, 2006, P. endroedii (Mahunka, 1984) (Niedbała 2006). It is easily distinguishable from its congeners by the unusual arrangement of adanal setae situated near paraxial borders, adanal setae ad 1 and ad 2 at the level of anal setae an 1 and an 2, very short and fine notogastral setae, and by the presence of four pairs of notogastral lyrifissures.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C93A8833FFF0FFEAFF7662FA3A207D88	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niedbała, W.;Starý, J.	Niedbała, W., Starý, J. (2016): Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia 56 (4): 485-496, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164134, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164134
C93A8833FFF0FFE7FC2464723BEB7D41.text	C93A8833FFF0FFE7FC2464723BEB7D41.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Notophthiracarus medius Niedbała & Starý 2016	<div><p>Notophthiracarus medius n. sp.</p> <p>(Figures 5)</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Measurements of holotype — Prodorsum: length 232, width 162, height 86; length of prodorsal setae: sensillus (ss) 114, interlamellar (in) 116, lamellar (le) 15, rostral (ro) 48, exobothridial (ex) 18; notogaster: length 460, width 323, height 288; notogastral setae: c 1 109, c 1 / c 1 -d 1 =0.8, h 1 106, ps 1 96; genitoaggenital plate 114 × 86, anoadanal plate 185 × 96.</p> <p>Measurement of paratype — Prodorsum: length 187, height 76; notogaster: length 359, height 202.</p> <p>Species of medium size. Body colour brown.</p> <p>Prodorsum — Surface of prodorsum reticulate but in posterior part with small irregular alveoles connected with weak lines. Lateral carinae distinct and long. Sigillar fields poorly marked, median longer than laterals. Sensilli (ss) long, bacilliform, without head, curved, covered with small spines, similar in shape to notogastral setae. Interlamellar setae (in) robust, erect, covered with distinct spines in distal half, similar to notogastral setae. Lamellar setae (le) thick, short, rostral setae (ro) spiniform, rough; relative length of prodorsal setae: in&gt; ss&gt; ro&gt; ex&gt; le.</p> <p>Notogaster — Surface of notogaster covered with small alveoles connected with weak lines, resembling reticulation. Notogastral setae robust, bacilliform of medium length (c 1 &lt;c 1 -d 1), their distal half covered with small spines. Notogastral setae c 1 and c 3 situated close to anterior margin of notogaster, setae c 2 remote far from this margin. Vestigial notogastral setae f 1 not visible, vestigial setae f 2 and two pairs of lyrifissures ia and im present but hardly perceptible.</p> <p>Ventral region — Setae h of subcapitular mentum shorter than distance between them. Surface of genitoaggenital and anoadanal plates reticulated. Formula of minute genital setae: 5: 4. Anoadanal plates each with 5 pairs of setae, two pairs of anal setae thinner and three pairs of adanal setae thicker, adanal setae ad 1 and ad 2 longest.</p> <p>Legs — Setation of complete type. Setae d on femora I bifurcate and situated at distal end of article.</p> <p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=48.439445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.835278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 48.439445/lat -18.835278)">Material</a> examined — Holotype is deposited at DATE from locus typicus: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=48.439445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.835278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 48.439445/lat -18.835278)">Central</a> Madagascar, Andasibe – <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=48.439445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.835278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 48.439445/lat -18.835278)">Mantadia National Park</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=48.439445&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.835278" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 48.439445/lat -18.835278)">Mantadia</a>, circuit Rianasoa, path to Chute sacreØ, 29. I. 2015, evergreen rain forest, latitude 18°50’07" S, longitude 48°26’22" E, altitude about 1000 m, sifted sample of leaf litter, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg. P. Ba ˇnaˇr and E. M. Rabotoson, and one paratype is deposited at ISB from the same locality.</p> <p>Etymology — The specific name of the new species medius is Latin for "intermediate", "between" and refers to the similarity of the new species to two Notophthiracarus species N. lineatus Niedbała et Starý, 2015 and N. reticulatus Niedbała et Starý, 2014.</p> <p>Comparison — The new species is similar to N. lineatus in the shape of the notogastral surface, which is covered by small foveolae connected with weak lines. It is also similar to N. reticulatus in the overall image of reticulation on the surface of notogaster.. New species is distinguishable from N. lineatus by baciliform shape of sensilli (versus dilated distally), longer adanal setae ad 3 (versus minute adanal setae) and bifurcated setae d of femora I (versus not bifurcate). The new species is distinguishable from N. reticulatus also by bacilliform sensilli (versus dilated head of sensilli), erect interlamellar setae (in) and minute lamellar setae (le) shorter than rostral setae (ro), (versus almost procumbent interlamellar setae (in) and lamellar setae (le) longer than rostral (ro) ones, by setae h of mentum shorter than distance of their insertion points h &lt;h -h (versus longer setae that distance of their insertions, h&gt; h - h; by adanal setae ad 2 of anoadanal plates, which are remote from paraxial margin of plates (versus location of adanal setae ad 2 near paraxial margin). (Niedbała and Starý 2014c, 2015b).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C93A8833FFF0FFE7FC2464723BEB7D41	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niedbała, W.;Starý, J.	Niedbała, W., Starý, J. (2016): Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia 56 (4): 485-496, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164134, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164134
C93A8833FFFDFFE1FCDC632E3EC07B77.text	C93A8833FFFDFFE1FCDC632E3EC07B77.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) parastenos Niedbała & Starý 2016	<div><p>Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) parastenos n. sp.</p> <p>(Figures 6)</p> <p>Description</p> <p>Measurements of holotype — Prodorsum: length 190, width 139, height 71; length of prodorsal setae: sensillus (ss) 35, interlamellar (in) and exobothridial (ex) 18, lamellar (le)13, rostral (ro) 20; notogaster: length 374, width 227, height 222; length of notogastral setae: c 1 71, c 1 / c 1 - d 1 =0.8, h 1 94, ps 1 83; genitoaggenital plate 114 × 71, anoadanal plate 104 × 63.</p> <p>Species of rather small size; colour yellow; surface of body covered with deep rounded foveoles, in anterior part of notogaster with irregular margin.</p> <p>Prodorsum — with small median crista. Lateral carinae short, posterior furrows distinct. Sigillar fields feeble, median ones narrow and longer than laterals. Sensilli (ss) rather short, with narrow pedicel and club-shaped, distally rounded head covered with small cilia. Other prodorsal setae minute, needleform, similar in length, ss&gt; ro&gt; in = ex&gt; le.</p> <p>Notogaster — with needleform, attenuate and smooth notogastral setae, most of them characteristically bent, medium in the length (c 1 &lt;c 1 - d 1); notogastral setae c 1 and c 3 slightly remote from anterior notogastral margin, setae c 2 far from the margin. Vestigial setae and lyrifissures not visible.</p> <p>Ventral region — setae h of subcapitular mentum considerably longer than distance between them. Formula of minute genital setae: 6(4+2): 3. Anoadanal plates with minute, needleform setae similar in length; adanal setae ad 3 situated in the middle of plates.</p> <p>Legs — Formulae of setae and solenidia of "complete type "; setae d on femora I needleform and situated at distal end of article.</p> <p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.17139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.531111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.17139/lat -12.531111)">Material</a> examined — Holotype is deposited at DATE from locus typicus: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=49.17139&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.531111" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 49.17139/lat -12.531111)">North</a> Madagascar, Montagne d’Ambre National Park, circuit Sommet, 12. I. 2015, evergreen rain forest, latitude 12°31’52" S, longitude 49°10’17" E, altitude 1169 m, sifted of Pandanus sp. litter sample, Winkler apparatus extraction, leg. P. Ba ˇnaˇr and E. M. Rabotoson.</p> <p>Etymology — The prefix para is Latin meaning "near" and refers to the similarity the new species with A. (H.) stenos Niedbała et Starý, 2014.</p> <p>Comparison — The new species is slightly similar to A. (H.) stenos Niedbała et Starý, 2014 from Tanzania in the shape of the sensilli and shape and length of prodorsal, genital, anal and adanal setae. The new species is distinguishable from A. (H.) stenos by the absence of powerful median crista of prodorsum and anterior cowl of notogaster, curved notogastral setae, longer setae h of the mentum (versus shorter setae) and setae d of femora I situated at distal end of article (versus remote from distal end) (Niedbała and Starý 2014a).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C93A8833FFFDFFE1FCDC632E3EC07B77	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Niedbała, W.;Starý, J.	Niedbała, W., Starý, J. (2016): Six new species of ptyctimous mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Madagascar. Acarologia 56 (4): 485-496, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20164134, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20164134
