S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 27/2. (Budapest, 1974)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK (SERIES NOVA) XXVII. 2. 1974. p. 97-102 Some New Data to the Scutacarid Fauna of Australia (Acari) By S. MAHUNKA (Received 31 December, 1973) ABSTRACT: Discussion of Scutacarid (Tarsonemida) species, collected by Dr

. T. A. WOOD, from Australia. Description of Imparipes woodi sp. nov. and Imparipes australiensis sp. nov. Dr. T. G. WOOD, Glen Osmond, Australia, collected some soil samples in the Mt. Kosciusko Range; the samples proved to be very rich in various mite species

. They contained also some Scutacarid species, discussed below. Imparipes australiensis sp. nov. Dimensions: length: 205-215^, width: 145-158 yd . Habitus: Relatively narrow, roughly elliptical. Surface hardly discernibly punctate. Dorsal side (Fig. 1: A): Clypeus and its margins narrow; margins with an arcuate transverse lath. Clypeal hairs thin, about equal in length, only slightly shorter that those in inner row of opisthosoma; hair e-^ longest (70 f^), d^^> fi, hair e£ considerably longer than Î2- Setae of segment H short, the longest and thickest hair being h^. Ventral side (Fig. 1: B): Anterior sternal plate with hairs la and lb incrassate, elongately ciliated, hair 2b also thick, ensiform, smooth, hair 2a thin, hardly ciliate. Hairs 4a originating before, und much shorter than, hair 4b on posterior sternal plate.