Holostaspella bifoliata ( Trägårdh, 1952 ), Tragardh, 1952

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 : 416

Holostaspella bifoliata ( Trägårdh, 1952)

Areolaspis bifoliatus Trägårdh, 1952: 61 .

Macrocheles (Holostaspella) bifoliatus .— Hirschmann, 1970: 45.

Holostaspella bifoliata .— Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1967: 243; Krantz, 1967b: 113; Ishikawa, 1968: 201; Halliday, 1988: 151; Roy, 1989: 337; Takaku et al., 2012: 99.

Material examined. Two females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014; five females from Pirapozinho, 25 March 2014.

Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield relatively small [586 (580–600) long and 356 (350–380) wide at level of coxa III (n=5)], with strong punctate pattern interspersed with finely punctate areas, laterally with a series of strongly punctate rounded depressions; j 1 broadly plumose, inserted on an anterior protuberance of the shield, longer than z 1; J 5 pectinate, other dorsal shield setae aciculate. Sternal shield strongly punctate, with l. o. p and l. m. t forming an arch, the anterior edge of which nearly reaching the level of insertion of st 2. Epigynal shield punctate to various degrees, truncate posteriorly. Ventrianal shield rounded, wider than long, with three pairs of aciculate preanal setae.

Previous records. Argentina, Australia, Congo, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Tahiti, USA. This is the first record of this species in Brazil.