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Glyptholaspis confusa Foa 1900

Description

Glyptholaspis confusa (Foà, 1900)

Holostaspis confusus Foà, 1900: 137.

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) confusus.— Filipponi & Ilardi, 1958: 118.

Glyptholaspis confusa.— Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154, 1962a: 197; Van Der Hammen, 1964: 4; Halliday, 1986: 73; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 116; De Jesus & Rueda, 1990: 714; Mašán, 2003: 122; Takaku et al., 2012: 104; Özbek et al., 2014: 1.

Macrocheles (Glyptholaspis) confusa.— Bregetova, 1977: 387.

Macrocheles plumiventris.— Evans & Browning, 1956: 36 [Misidentification, according to Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154].

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) vagabundus var. neotropicus Berlese, 1918: 173 [Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154].

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) vagabundus var. australis Berlese, 1918: 173 [Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154].

Macrocheles (Monoplites) oudemansii Hull, 1925: 215 [Synonymy of Macrocheles plumiventris sensu Evans & Browning (1956) by Evans & Browning, 1956: 16].

Material examined. Three females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 13 March 2014; two females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and two females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014; one female from Registro, 24 February 2014; one female from São Luis do Paraitinga; 13 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014; 24 females from Pirapozinho, 25 March 2014; three females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W), 31 March 2014.

Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield large [1,237 (1,175–1,310) long and 833 (790–875) wide at level of coxa III (n=6)], oval and with punctate-reticulate pattern. Posterior margin of dorsal shield with large denticles and numerous microdenticles. Most dorsal setae brush-shaped and long; j 6, z 5 and 1–2 unpaired median setae (between j 6 and J 2) smooth and short; j 5 longer than z 6; bases of Z 5 not adjacent to each other; J 5 short, approximately half as long as Z 4. Sternal and ventrianal shields with polygonal pattern. Ventrianal shield with anterior margin truncate. Pre-anal setae relatively short and brush-shaped.

Previous records. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Caucasus, England, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Wales. This is the first record of this species in Brazil.

Notes

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 pages 415-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/582489

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