Foà, 1900 : 137
Macrocheles ( Macrocheles ) confusus
Filipponi & Ilardi, 1958 : 118
Glyptholaspis confusa
Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154
Van Der Hammen, 1964 : 4
Halliday, 1986 : 73
Hyatt & Emberson, 1988 : 116
De Jesus & Rueda, 1990 : 714
Mašán, 2003 : 122
Takaku et al ., 2012 : 104
Özbek et al ., 2014 : 1
Macrocheles ( Glyptholaspis ) confusa
Bregetova, 1977 : 387
Macrocheles plumiventris
Evans & Browning, 1956 : 36
Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154
Berlese, 1918 : 173
Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154
Berlese, 1918 : 173
Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960 : 154
Hull, 1925 : 215
Macrocheles plumiventris sensu Evans & Browning (1956)
Evans & Browning, 1956 : 16
Macrochelid mites (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from São Paulo state, Brazil, with description of a new species of Macrocheles
Azevedo, Letícia H.
Castilho, Raphael C.
Berto, Marielle M.
De Moraes, Gilberto J.
Zootaxa
2017
4269
3
413
426
Foa, 1900
Foa
1900
[151,566,1361,1387]
Arachnida
Macrochelidae
Glyptholaspis
GBIF
Animalia
Mesostigmata
2
415
Arthropoda
species
confusa
Holostaspis confusus Foà, 1900: 137. Macrocheles( Macrocheles) confusus.— Filipponi & Ilardi, 1958: 118. Glyptholaspis confusa.— Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154, 1962a: 197; VanDer Hammen, 1964: 4; Halliday, 1986: 73; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 116; De Jesus & Rueda, 1990: 714; Mašán, 2003: 122; Takaku et al., 2012: 104; Özbek et al., 2014: 1. Macrocheles( Glyptholaspis) confusa.— Bregetova, 1977: 387. Macrocheles plumiventris.— Evans & Browning, 1956: 36[Misidentification, according to Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154]. Macrocheles( Macrocheles) vagabundusvar. neotropicus Berlese, 1918: 173[Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154]. Macrocheles( Macrocheles) vagabundusvar. australis Berlese, 1918: 173[Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1960: 154]. Macrocheles( Monoplites) oudemansii Hull, 1925: 215[Synonymy of Macrocheles plumiventris sensu Evans & Browning (1956)by Evans & Browning, 1956: 16].
Material examined. Three females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 13 March 2014; two females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and two females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014; one female from Registro, 24 February 2014; one female from São Luis do Paraitinga; 13 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014; 24 females from Pirapozinho, 25 March 2014; three females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W), 31 March 2014.
Diagnosis of female. Dorsal shield large [1,237 (1,175–1,310) long and 833 (790–875) wide at level of coxa III (n=6)], oval and with punctate-reticulate pattern. Posterior margin of dorsal shield with large denticles and numerous microdenticles. Most dorsal setae brush-shaped and long; j6, z5 and 1–2 unpaired median setae (between j6 and J2) smooth and short; j5 longer than z6; bases of Z5 not adjacent to each other; J5 short, approximately half as long as Z4. Sternal and ventrianal shields with polygonal pattern. Ventrianal shield with anterior margin truncate. Pre-anal setae relatively short and brush-shaped. Previous records. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Caucasus, England, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan, Wales. This is the first record of this species in Brazil.