Macrocheles merdarius ( Berlese, 1889 )

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 : 420-421

Macrocheles merdarius ( Berlese, 1889)

Holostaspis merdarius Berlese, 1889: 1 .

Holostaspis merdarius .— Berlese, 1892: 70.

Macrocheles (Coprholaspis) merdarius .— Berlese, 1918: 146.

Macrocheles merdarius .— Sellnick, 1940: 86; Evans & Browning, 1956: 21; Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960: 145; Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963: 83; Bregetova, 1977: 355; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 113; De Jesus & Rueda, 1990: 712; Masán, 2003: 117; Takaku et al., 2012: 108.

Macrocheles medarius [sic].— Axtell, 1961: 748.

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) merdarius .— Krauss, 1970: 17; Karg, 1971: 134.

Holostaspis adulescens Berlese, 1910: 252 [Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963: 83].

Material examined. Eight females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 13 March 2014; 147 females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and 223 females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014; 13 females from Pariquera-Açu, 54 females from Registro, 24 February 2014; five females from São Luis do Paraitinga, 223 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014; 109 females from Piratininga, one female from Cabrália Paulista, 24 March 2014; 55 females from Pirapozinho, two females from Narandiba, 25 March 2014; 15 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'20"S, 47°38'24"W) and 80 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'18"S, 47°36'26"W), 25 February 2014; 12 females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W) and 57 females from Nipoã (20°40'20"S, 49°10'22"W), 31 March 2014.

Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield relatively small [488 (470–510) long and 302 (290–310) wide at level of coxa III (n=5)], broadly oval and reticulate; dorsal setae smooth, except J 5, denticulate and shorter than in M. insignitus ; j 1 spine-shaped. Ventral shields broadly reticulate. Sternal shield poorly marked with punctate transverse lines; without punctate areas behind l. m. t ..

Previous records. Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Galapagos Islands , Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Tajikistan, Ukraine, USA.