Neopodocinum bosschai ( Oudemans, 1901 )

Dwibadra, Dhian, Takaku, Gen, Ôhara, Masahiro & Ueda, Akira, 2014, Mites of the Family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) from Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Species Diversity 19 (1), pp. 43-57 : 53

Neopodocinum bosschai ( Oudemans, 1901)

Emeus bosschai Oudemans, 1901: 290–291 , pl. VIII, figs 16– 18.

Cosmiphis bosschai: Vitzthum 1925: 33–36 ; 1926: 88–92, figs 55–57; Krantz 1965: 206; Hartini and Takaku 2004: 77– 89, figs 1–21.

Material examined. SWPF: 4 males, 7 deutonymphs, 5 protonymphs, 16 December 2006, ex Catharsius dayacus , residue in vials; 1 female, 2 males, 2 deutonymphs, 3 protonymphs, 20 December 2006, ex Paragymnopleurus maurus and residue in vials; 6 males, 3 deutonymphs, 6 protonymphs, 14 December 2007, ex C . dayacus, Onthophagus schwaneri , O. waterstradti and residue in vial; 1 male, 1 deutonymph, 15 December 2007, ex C. dayacus ; 2 males, 15–20 December 2007, ex residue in vial; 1 male, 4 deutonymphs, 20–25 December 2007, ex residue in vial. Km 15: 1 protonymph, 19 December 2007, ex Scarabaeinae. Km 18: 1 deutonymph, Acacia mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex residue in vial. Km 22: 12 females, 2 deutonymphs, 1 protonymph, A. mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri , C. renaudpauliani , and residue in vials. Km 23: 1 female, 1 male, 23 December 2006, ex C. renaudpauliani ; 5 females, 4 males, 3 deutonymphs, 1 protonymph, 17–22 December 2007, ex residue in vial; 4 females, 2 males, 4 deutonymphs, A. mangium plantation, 17–22 December 2007, ex C. renaudpauliani , O. obscurior , and residue in vial. Km 24: 1 male, A. mangium plantation, 21 December 2006, ex residue in vial; 3 females, 1 protonymph, 21 December 2006, ex C. renaudpauliani ; 1 female, 1 deutonymph, burned secondary forest, 21 December 2006, ex C. dayacus ; 1 female, 2 males, 1 deutonymph, 2 protonymphs, secondary forest, 21 December 2006, ex C. dayacus , S. thoracicus , and residue in vials; 1 male, 1 deutonymph, natural forest, 21 December 2006, ex residue in vial; 2 females, 1 male, Imperata cylindrica grassland, 26 December 2006, ex C. renaudpauliani and residue in vial; 12 females, 6 males, 9 deutonymphs, 7 protonymphs, A. mangium plantation, 26 December 2006, ex C. renaudpauliani , O. schwaneri , O. limbatus , and residue in vial; 2 females, 1 male, 3 deutonymphs, 4 protonymphs, natural forest, 26 December 2006, ex C. dayacus , O. vulpes , and residue in vials; 2 females, 1 male, 1 deutonymph, 1 protonymph, burned ridge, 14–19 December 2007, ex C. dayacus , O. schwaneri , O. dux , and P. maurus ; 1 male, 1 deutonymph, 1 protonymph, burned ridge, 19–20 December 2007, ex residue in vial; 2 deutonymphs, 6–11 December 2008, ex residue in vial; 1 female, 2 males, 3 deutonymphs, 1 protonymph, 7–12 December 2008, ex C. renaudpauliani and residue in vials; 1 female, 1 male, I. cylindrica grassland, 7–12 December 2008, ex residue in vial. Km 29: 19 females, 7 males, 4 deutonymphs, 5 protonymphs, 22 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri , O. cervicapra , C. renaudpauliani , and residue in vials.

Diagnosis. Dorsal shield of female oval, attenuate posteriorly; insertions of most pairs of dorsal setae connected by transverse ridges; shield with more than 40 pairs of dorsal setae, podonatal setae pilose in their distal half or 2/3; opisthonotal setae broadened and pectinate; l. m. t. in sternal shield complete.

Habitat. This species has previously been collected from Heliocopris sp., Onthophagus schwaneri , Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus, 1758) , Paragymnopleurus maurus , and decaying leaves.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan).