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Macrocheles muscaedomesticae Scopoli 1772

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Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Scopoli, 1772)

Acarus muscae domesticae Scopoli, 1772: 125.

Macrocheles muscaedomesticae.— Pereira & Castro, 1945: 161; Evans & Browning, 1956: 12; Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960: 131; Méndez Olivo, 1968: 142; Bregetova, 1977: 378; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 105; Halliday, 1990: 417; De Jesus & Rueda, 1990: 711; Masán, 2003: 114; Takaku et al., 2012: 113.

Macrocheles muscae domesticae.— Oudemans, 1936: 174; Sellnick, 1940: 78.

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) muscaedomesticae.— Krauss, 1970: 14; Karg, 1971: 138.

Acarus marginatus Hermann, 1804: 76 [Synonymy by Pereira & Castro, 1945: 161].

Holostaspis submarginatus Foà, 1900: 135 [Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1962: 204a].

Holostaspis posteroarmatus Berlese, 1904: 263 [Synonymy by Krantz & Filipponi, 1964: 36].

Holostaspis sita Trojan, 1908: 1 [Synonymy by Berlese, 1918: 189].

Macrocheles canadensis Banks, 1912: 98 [Synonymy by Hennessey & Farrier, 1988: 20].

Macrocheles muscae Ewing, 1913: 454 [Synonymy by Pereira & de Castro, 1945: 162].

Material examined. Two females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), one female from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W), 18 March 2014; three females from São Luis do Paraitinga, 22 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014; two females from Piratininga, 24 March 2014; three females from Pirapozinho, 25 March 2014; 99 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'18"S, 47°36'26"W), 25 February 2014; two females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W), 31 March 2014.

Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield widest in its anterior part, relatively large [974 (940–1,000) long and 658 (640–670) wide at level of coxa III (n=5)], reticulate and smoothly punctuated; j 1 brush-shaped and plumose; some dorsocentral and mediolateral dorsal setae, including j 5, smooth and needle-shaped; J5 pilose. Sternal shield with distinct l. o. a., without punctuated areas; l. m. t. approximately straight; section of sternal shield behind l. m. t with 1- 2 transverse lines and irregularly arranged punctures. Ventrianal shield subpentagonal and reticulate.

Previous records. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Galapagos Islands, Germany, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan.

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Published as part of Azevedo, Letícia H., Castilho, Raphael C., Berto, Marielle M. & De Moraes, Gilberto J., 2017, Macrochelid mites (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from São Paulo state, Brazil, with description of a new species of Macrocheles, pp. 413-426 in Zootaxa 4269 (3) on page 421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/582489

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Biodiversity

Family
Macrochelidae
Genus
Macrocheles
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Scopoli
Species
muscaedomesticae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macrocheles muscaedomesticae Scopoli, 1772 sec. Azevedo, Castilho, Berto & Moraes, 2017

References

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