Macrocheles glaber (Müller, 1860)

Kontschan, Jeno, Park, Sun Jae, Lim, Jae Won, Hwang, Jeong Mi & Seo, Hong Yul, 2014, Contribution to the mite (Acari) fauna of the Korean Peninsula, Journal of Species Research 3 (1), pp. 63-78 : 68

Macrocheles glaber (Müller, 1860) ( Fig. 5d )

Material examined. One female. As 443, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Gangwon-do , Mt. Kumgang , near Hotel Geumgang, five soil traps in them, in coniferous forest with rich undergrowth, 29.IX.1979, leg. Steinmann, H. & Vásárhelyi, T. ( NIBR) .

Short description. Majority of dorsal setae smooth, except j1 and J5. Ventral shield with fine reticulate sculptural pattern. Setae on ventral idiosoma smooth, Sternal shield with well observed lines and area punctatae posteriores. Ventrianal shield with distinct net-like sculpture. Distribution. Europe, Asia, North-America and Australia. This species occurs presumably in the temperate climatic zones.

Notes to the species. This species is recorded firstly in our previous paper ( Kontschán et al., 2014).

Figures

Fig. 5. Mesostigmatid mites from Korean Peninsula I.(a. Lasioseius tomokoae Ishikawa, 1969, dorsal view. b. ventral view. c. ventral view of Evimirus uropodinus (Berlese, 1903). d. ventral view of Macrocheles glaber (Müller, 1860). e. dorsal view of Macrocheles punctatus Ishikawa, 1967. f. ventral view. g. ventral view of Pachylaelaps ishizuchiensis Ishikawa, 1977. h. ventral view of Parholaspulus hiasmaticus Petrova, 1967. i. ventral view of Holaspina alstoni (Evans, 1956). j. epistome. k. ventral view of Gamasholaspis browingi (Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960). l. epistome. m. dorsal setae).