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Macrocheles entetiensis Hartini and Takaku 2005

  • 1. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 - 8589, Japan E-mail: dwibadra _ yk @ yahoo. com & Corresponding author
  • 2. Biological Laboratory, Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo, 5 - 3 - 1 Ainosato, Kita-ku, Sapporo 002 - 8502, Japan
  • 3. The Hokkaido University Museum, N 10 W 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan
  • 4. Kyushu Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 4 - 11 - 16 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860 - 0862, Japan

Description

Macrocheles entetiensis Hartini and Takaku, 2005

Macrocheles entetiensis Hartini and Takaku, 2005 in Hartini et al. 2005: 204–206, figs 1–5.

Material examined. Km 18: 5 females, 23 December 2006, ex Onthophagus schwaneri, residue in vial. Km 22: 8 females, 23 December 2006, ex residue in vials. Km 23: 4 females, 23 December 2006, ex O. limbatus Herbs, 1789; 8 females, Imperata cylindrical (L.) grassland, 17–22 December 2007, ex O. uedai Ochi and Kon, 2006 and residue in vials. Km 24: 33 females, 23 December 2006, ex O. limbatus and residue in vials.

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal setae j1 pilose distally; j3 and z4 thickened and pilose distally; j5, j6, z5, z6, and J2 simple; other dorsal setae pilose distally or pilose in distal half. Sternal shield with distinct l. ang., l. arc., l. m. t., and l. o. p.; l. o. p. disjunct from l. m. t. and not bifurcate.

Habitat. This species has been collected from the scarab beetle genera Aphodius, Catharsius, and Onthophagus.

Distribution. Indonesia [Timor, Sumba, Flores, Sumbawa, Java, and Kalimantan (new record)].

Notes

Published as part of Dwibadra, Dhian, Takaku, Gen, Ôhara, Masahiro & Ueda, Akira, 2014, Mites of the Family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) from Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, pp. 43-57 in Species Diversity 19 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.12782/sd.19.1.043, http://zenodo.org/record/4584938

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References

  • Hartini, S., Takaku, G., Kojima, J. and Katakura, H. 2005. Macrochelid mite fauna in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with description of two new species. Entomological Science 8: 201 - 209.