Macrocheles kraepelini ( Berlese, 1905 )

Hartini, Sri & Dwibadra, Dhian, 2017, Macrochelid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with dung beetles in Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park, West Java, Indonesia, Journal of Species Research 6 (2), pp. 181-189 : 185

Macrocheles kraepelini ( Berlese, 1905)

This species was described by Berlese (1905). Krantz and Filipponi (1964) redescribed and illustrated this species. The male and immature stages were described by Halliday (1986) and Walter and Krantz (1986a). Macrocheles kraepelini distributed widely in Pakistan, India, Thailand, Viet Nam, Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines, Samoa, Fiji, Caroline Island, Australia and Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Madura, Flores and Kupang).

Material examined: 56$$, Cibodas , Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park, S 06°44′30″ E 107°00′19″, 25- 26 May 2004, Kahono, Lilik and Agus leg.; Selabintana ,

24-25 May 2006, Hartini, Rofik and Darmawan leg.; 15 May 2010, Hartini and Dwibadra leg.; Situgunung, S 06°49′58″ E 106°55′18″, 18-19 April 2004, Kahono, Lilik and Agus leg.; Gunung Putri, S 06°27′ E 106°52′, 3-6 May 2004, Kahono, Lilik and Agus leg., ex O. (O.) javensis , O. (O.) malangensis , O. (S.) blumei , and unidentified species of the genus Onthophagus .

Macrocheles kraepelini has been collected from the scarabaeid beetles C. dayacus , C. molossus , Copris incertus , C. punctipennis , Coptodactyla ducalis , Onitis fulcatus , Onthophagus dux , O. laevis , O. laminatus , O. schwaneri , O. (O.) cribratus , O. (O.) javaecola , O. (O.) javensis , O. (O.) malangensis , O. (O.) orientalis , O. (P.) accedens , O. (S.) mulleri , Paragymnopleurus maurus , Pachylister chinensis ( Histeridae ), and unidentified species of genera Catharsius , Copris , Onitis , Onthophagus , Paragymnopleurus ( Scarabaeidae ), compost, and decaying forest litter.