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
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Macrocheles mammifer
Berlese, 1918
Macrocheles
(
Nothrholaspis
)
mammifer
Berlese, 1918
: 171
.
Macrocheles mammifer
.—
Krantz, 1967a
: 150
;
Bregetova, 1977
: 363
;
Krantz & Whitaker, 1988
: 236
;
Masán, 2003
: 94
;
Takaku
et al
., 2012
: 108
.
Macrocheles
(
Macrocheles
)
mammifer
.—
Karg, 1993
: 113
;
Ahadiyat
et al
., 2014
: 236
.
Macrocheles tridentatus
.—
Delfinado & Baker, 1975
: 53
[Misidentification, according to
Krantz & Whitaker, 1988
: 236
].
Holostaspella polyornata
Turk
, 1948
: 105
[Synonymy by
Krantz, 1967b
: 143
].
Macrocheles pavlovskii
Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960
: 83
[Synonymy by
Krantz, 1967a
: 150
].
Macrocheles
(
Macrocheles
)
postneri
Götz,
Krauss, 1970
: 28
[Synonymy by
Krantz & Whitaker, 1988
: 236
].
Glyptholaspis orientalis
Iavorschi, 1980
: 149
[Synonymy by
Krantz & Whitaker, 1988
: 236
].
Material examined
. Three females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 15 females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and eight females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W),
18 February 2014
; 25 females from Paraibuna,
10 March 2014
; 19 females from Pirapozinho,
25 March 2014
; two females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'20,46"S, 47°38'24"W),
25 February 2014
; three females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W),
31 March 2014
.
Diagnosis of female
. Dorsal shield moderately large [882 (840–900) long and 626 (600–660) wide at level of coxa III (n=5)], reticulate and punctate;
j
2,
j
5,
j
6,
z
1,
z
5,
z
6,
s
2,
s
6,
r
4,
J
2,
J
5 and
S
1 aciculate, other dorsal setae plumose distally. Sternal shield punctate;
l.ang.
convergent medially. Ventrianal shield expanded laterally, reticulate-punctate.
Previous records
. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mariana Island, Micronesia, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, USA.