Javacarus porosus Hammer, 1979

Akrami, Mohammad Ali & Eskandari-Nasab, Zahra, 2025, Oribatid mites (Acari, Sarcoptiformes) of Hormozgan province, southern Iran, with new records, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (1), pp. 21-38 : 26-27

Javacarus porosus Hammer, 1979 ( Fig. 2B–C)

Material examined. Eight specimens. Iran, Hormozgan province, Minab (27°20'45.28"N, 56°58'35.11"E, 50 m a.s.l.), soil of Phoenix dactylifera , Mangifera indica , 27-IIX-2021; Hajiabad (28°14'4.25"N, 55°50'40.85"E, 780 m a.s.l.), soil of Phoenix dactylifera , Citrus limon , 16-IV-2021.

Diagnosis. Body length 622–650 (639) µm, width of notogaster 300–317 (310) µm (n = 6). Colour light brown. The integument covered with tubercles. The setae of the prodorsum lanceolate and slightly dentate; posterior exobothridial setae falcated. Sensillus with 10 thin branches. The most of the notogastral setae (16 pairs) are lanceolate and dentate, dorsal ones have a short, more or less dull tip, whereas the marginal ones (c 3, d 3, h 3, ps 2 and ps 3) are thinner at the tip and the setae longer. The formula of epimeral setae is 3,1,3,4, most of these setae are rather thick. On the genital plate there are six rather short paraxial setae and four antiaxial setae. The preanal plate is as broad as the genital field. The adanal and anal plate are fused without a suture. No anal setae. Four pairs of adanal setae present, three anterior pairs are long, lanceolate, thin with a marginal edging, the posterior pair is thicker, curved and slightly dentate.

Distribution in Iran. Hormozgan province (New record for Iran).

General distribution. Pantropical (except Australian).