Macrochelid mites (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from São Paulo state, Brazil, with description of a new species of Macrocheles Author Azevedo, Letícia H. Author Castilho, Raphael C. Author Berto, Marielle M. Author De Moraes, Gilberto J. text Zootaxa 2017 4269 3 413 426 journal article 32992 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.5 2eeaf740-99f7-47ba-a646-54d37162df88 1175-5326 582489 D5B0B224-F808-4164-8231-9654C077DF8E Macrocheles merdarius ( Berlese, 1889 ) Holostaspis merdarius Berlese, 1889 : 1 . Holostaspis merdarius .— Berlese, 1892 : 70 . Macrocheles ( Coprholaspis ) merdarius .— Berlese, 1918 : 146 . Macrocheles merdarius .— Sellnick, 1940 : 86 ; Evans & Browning, 1956 : 21 ; Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960 : 145 ; Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963 : 83 ; Bregetova, 1977 : 355 ; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988 : 113 ; De Jesus & Rueda, 1990 : 712 ; Masán, 2003 : 117 ; Takaku et al ., 2012 : 108 . Macrocheles medarius [sic].— Axtell, 1961 : 748 . Macrocheles ( Macrocheles ) merdarius .— Krauss, 1970 : 17 ; Karg, 1971 : 134 . Holostaspis adulescens Berlese, 1910 : 252 [Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963 : 83 ]. Material examined . Eight females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 13 March 2014 ; 147 females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and 223 females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014 ; 13 females from Pariquera-Açu, 54 females from Registro, 24 February 2014 ; five females from São Luis do Paraitinga, 223 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014 ; 109 females from Piratininga, one female from Cabrália Paulista, 24 March 2014 ; 55 females from Pirapozinho, two females from Narandiba, 25 March 2014 ; 15 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'20"S, 47°38'24"W) and 80 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'18"S, 47°36'26"W), 25 February 2014 ; 12 females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W) and 57 females from Nipoã (20°40'20"S, 49°10'22"W), 31 March 2014 . Diagnosis of female . Dorsal shield relatively small [488 (470–510) long and 302 (290–310) wide at level of coxa III (n=5)], broadly oval and reticulate; dorsal setae smooth, except J 5, denticulate and shorter than in M . insignitus ; j 1 spine-shaped. Ventral shields broadly reticulate. Sternal shield poorly marked with punctate transverse lines; without punctate areas behind l . m . t .. Previous records . Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Galapagos Islands , Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Tajikistan, Ukraine, USA.