Macrocheles jabarensis Hartini and Takaku, 2003

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 jabarensis Hartini and Takaku, 2003

This species was described from Indonesia ( Hartini and Takaku, 2003a) and has been recorded from Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Lombok, and Sumbawa .

Material examined: 20$$, Situgunung, Mount Gede-Pangrango National Park, S 06°49′58″ E 106°55′18″, 18-19 April 2004, Kahono, Lilik and Agus leg.; Selabintana, S 06°52′14″ E 106°57′09″, 24-25 May 2006, Hartini, Rofik and Darmawan leg.; 15 May 2010, Hartini and Dwibadra leg., ex O. (O.) semigranosus and species of the genus Onthophagus .

This species has been collected from the scarabaeid beetles C. molossus , Microcopris hidakai , Onthophagus aurifex , O. borneensis , O. cervicapra , O. dayacus , O. diabolicus , O. dux , O. incisus , O. obscurior , O. papulatus , O. pasificus , O. pastillatus , O. rudis , O. schwaneri , O. semiaureus , O. vulpes , O. waterstradti , O. (G.) fuscopunctatus , O. (M.) rotundicolis , O. (O.) cribratus , O. (O.) javaecola , O. (O.) javensis , O. (O.) orientalis , O. (Parascatonomus) accedens , O. (S.) mulleri , Paragymnopleurus maurus , P. s. javanus, Sisyphus thoracicus , nest of A. d. dorsata ( Hymenoptera ) and unidentified species of genera Catharsius , Microcopris , Onthophagus , and Paragymnopleurus ( Scarabaeidae ).