Macrocheles kraepelini ( Berlese, 1905 )

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 : 47

Macrocheles kraepelini ( Berlese, 1905)

Holostaspis kraepelini Berlese, 1905: 164 , fig. 26.

Macrocheles (Cophrolaspis) kraepelini: Berlese 1918: 146 ; Vitzthum 1926: 34–35.

Macrocheles (Cophrolaspis) multihamatus Vitzthum, 1926: 29–34 , figs 20–22.

Macrocheles kraepelini: Krantz and Filipponi 1964: 40–42 , figs 3–5, tav. II figs 1, 2; Halliday 1986: 743, figs 2, 33–39; Wallace 1986: 8–9, fig. 2F, pl. 1(3); Walter and Krantz 1986a: 212–213, figs 1–3; Walter and Krantz 1986b: 289; Halliday 2000: 298–299; Takaku 2001: 500–501, figs 2, 8; Hartini and Takaku 2003a: 1264.

Material examined. SWPF: 1 female, 15–20 December 2007, ex Copris sp .; 1 female, 7 December 2008, ex residue in vial; 1 female, 13 December 2008, ex residue in vial. Km 18: 1 female, Acacia mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex residue in vial. Km 22: 1 female, A. mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex residue in vial. Km 24: 2 females, A. mangium plantation, 26 December 2006, ex residue in vial; 4 females, burned ridge, 14–19 December 2007, ex Onthophagus dux , O. schwaneri , and residue in vials; 1 female, burned valley, 5–10 December 2008, ex residue in vial; 1 female, Imperata cylindrica grassland, 7–12 December 2008, ex residue in vial. Km 29: 1 female, 22 December 2006, ex residue in vial. Km 38: 6 females, secondary forest, 16–21 December 2007, ex residue in vials.

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield broadly rounded posteriorly; most of dorsal setae enlarged and pilose, except for simple setae j6, z5, z6, and J2; seta z1 occasionally pilose. Sternal shield with distinct ornamentation; l. ang. with many punctations; posterior l. arc. concave; l. o. p. bifurcate; a.p.p. with strong punctations. Genu IV with 6 pectinate setae.

Habitat. This species has been collected from the scarab beetle genera Catharsius , Microcopris , Onthophagus , and Paragymnopleurus .

Distribution. Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, and Sumatra), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Australia, Caroline Islands, Fiji, and Samoa.