Macrocheles dispar ( Berlese, 1910 )

Dwibadra, Dhian, Takaku, Gen, Ôhara, Masahiro & Ueda, Akira, 2014, Mites of the Family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) from Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Species Diversity 19 (1), pp. 43-57 : 45

Macrocheles dispar ( Berlese, 1910)

Holostaspis dispar Berlese, 1910: 251 .

Macrocheles (Coprholaspis) dispar: Berlese 1918: 151 .

Macrocheles dispar: Walter and Krantz 1992: 244 , fig. 1D; Hartini and Takaku 2003a: 1262–1263, figs 1–6; Hartini et al. 2003: 308.

Material examined. SWPF: 2 females, 14 December 2007, ex Onthophagus vulpes Harold, 1877 and O . cervicapra Boucomont, 1914; 1 female, 11 December 2008, ex residue in vial. Km 12: 1 female, 15–20 December 2007, ex O. schwaneri Vollenhoven, 1864 . Km 24: 1 female, 14–19 December 2007, ex Paragymnopleurus maurus . Km 29: 2 females, 22 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri . Km 38: 5 females, 16–21 December 2007, ex Onthophagus sp., residue in vial.

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal setae j1 plumose distally; j4, z2, z4, r2–4, J5, Z5, and S5 pilose distally; j2, j3, and s2 simple but in some cases pilose distally; other setae simple. Sternal shield ornamented with lines and punctation; l. ang., l. m. t., l. o. p. with distinct punctations; l. m. t. complete; l. o. p. disjunct from l. m. t. and not bifurcate; center of posterior half of shield with small punctations.

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

Distribution. Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Lombok, and Sulawesi), Viet Nam, Philippines, China (Szechuan), and Taiwan.