Mites of the Family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) from Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia Author Dwibadra, Dhian Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 - 8589, Japan E-mail: dwibadra _ yk @ yahoo. com & Corresponding author dwibadra_yk@yahoo.com Author Takaku, Gen Biological Laboratory, Hokkaido University of Education Sapporo, 5 - 3 - 1 Ainosato, Kita-ku, Sapporo 002 - 8502, Japan Author Ôhara, Masahiro The Hokkaido University Museum, N 10 W 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060 - 0810, Japan Author Ueda, Akira Kyushu Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), 4 - 11 - 16 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860 - 0862, Japan text Species Diversity 2014 2014-05-25 19 1 43 57 http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.19.1.043 journal article 7126 10.12782/sd.19.1.043 238dd2d3-f38f-4e11-a2be-87c16ff21dd8 2189-7301 4584938 DAF49072-BF15-46A1-A660-1F8703EBA795 Macrocheles baramensis Evans and Hyatt, 1963 Macrocheles baramensis Evans and Hyatt, 1963: 335–337 , figs 15–17. Macrocheles baramensis : Hartini et al . 2003: 307–308 . Material examined. SWPF : 3 females , 20 December 2006 , ex Paragymnopleurus maurus Sharp, 1875 ; 6 females , 15–20 December 2007 , ex P . maurus ; 1 female , 11 December 2008 , ex residue in vial. Km 15 : 2 females , 19 December 2007 , ex Scarabaeinae; 2 females , 11 December 2008 , ex P . maurus . Km 24 : 2 females , burned ridge, 14–19 December 2007 , ex residue in vials; 3 females , 14–19 December 2008 , ex P . maurus ; 1 female , burned valleys, 5–10 December 2008 , ex residue in vial. Km 12 : 5 females , 15–20 December 2007 , ex Scarabaeinae. Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield granular, covered with fine reticulations and bearing 28 pairs of setae; j1 pilose in their distal halves, dorsal setae bipectinate in their distal halves, except simple j5, j6, z5, z6, and J2 (in some cases these slightly pilose). Sternal shield granular with faint linear ornamentation. Habitat. This species has been collected from the scarab beetle genera Catharsius , Onthophagus , and Paragymnopleurus . Distribution. Indonesia ( Kalimantan ) and Malaysia ( Sarawak ).