Macrocheles muscaedomesticae ( Scopoli, 1772 )

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 : 421

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 .