Glyptholaspis confusa ( Foà, 1900 )

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 : 44

Glyptholaspis confusa ( Foà, 1900)

Holostaspis confusus Foà, 1900: 137 , figs 5, 5 bis, 6.

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) vagabundus var. neotropicus Berlese, 1918: 173 [partim].

Macrocheles plumiventris Evans and Browning, 1956: 36 ; Filipponi and Seganti 1957: 27; Balogh 1958: 253, figs 26–30.

Macrocheles (Macrocheles) confusus: Filipponi and Ilardi 1958: 118 .

Glyptholaspis confusa: Filipponi and Pegazzano 1960: 154 , figs 5, 6, tav. VII, VIII; Krantz 1972: 270; Halliday 1986: 73; Hyatt and Emberson 1988: 116; Mašán 2003: 122, figs 124–125.

Material examined. Km 22: 1 female, Acacia mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex residue in vial. BBG: 3 females, 4–9 December 2008, ex residue in vial.

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield large, oval, with punctate-reticulate pattern; posterior margin of dorsal shield between setae Z5 with 5 large denticles and numerous microdenticles; most dorsal setae brush-shaped and densely plumose; setae j5 brush-shaped and longer than z6; setae j6, z5, and 1 unpaired median seta between j6 and J2 pilose; setae z6 and J2 pilose distally; network meshes of sternal and ventrianal shield mostly micropunctured; ventrianal shield with truncate anterior margin; preanal setae short and brush-like.

Habitat. This species has been found from the scarab beetle genera Aphodius , Euoniticellus , Liatongus , and Onthophagus . This was also collected from cadavers and in compost heaps, decaying fodder, silage, and bird nests.

Distribution. Indonesia (Kalimantan; new record), Philippines, Japan, Israel, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Australia, New Zealand, British Isles, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Caucasus, and Argentina.