Macrocheles insignitus Berlese, 1918

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, Zootaxa 4269 (3), pp. 413-426 : 419-420

Macrocheles insignitus Berlese, 1918

Macrocheles (Coprholaspis) insignitus Berlese, 1918: 158 .

Macrocheles insignitus .— Evans & Browning, 1956: 21; Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963: 78; Bregetova, 1977: 355; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 113; Krantz & Whitaker, 1988: 236; Masán, 2003: 116.

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) insignitus .— Karg, 1971: 134.

Macrocheles whartoni Delfinado & Baker, 1975: 55 [Synonymy by Krantz & Whitaker, 1988: 236].

Material examined. Four females from Pirapozinho, 25 March 2014; one female from Araçoiaba da Serra, 25 February 2014.

Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield relatively small [less than 525 µm in length; 570 (480–590) long and 332 (280–370) wide at level of coxa III (n= 5) in specimens collected in this study] and broadly oval. Dorsal setae smooth, except J 5, pilose; j 1 spine-shaped. Sternal shield with l. o. a. connected by four punctate transversal lines; l. m. t. arched forwards.

Previous records. Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, France, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Wales. This is the first record in Brazil.