Macrocheles penicilliger (Berlese, 1904)

Ács, A., Sutak, A. & Kontschan, J., 2016, New records of macrochelid mites and description of a new phoretic species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Greece, Acarologia 56 (1), pp. 63-71 : 65

Macrocheles penicilliger (Berlese, 1904)

Material examined — Two females were collected from Greece, Ioannina county , Kalpaki, Vellas Monasteri, karstic spring, 419 m a.s.l., bird nest 39°51’57.0"N 20°37’26.1"E, 12 May 2006 DAEnyi L., KontschAEn J., MurAEnyi D. coll .

Published records — Africa ( van Driel et al. 1977), Australia ( Manning and Halliday 1994), Austria ( Johnston 1970), Balkan ( Willmann 1941), British Isles ( Evans and Browning 1956), Croatia ( Leitner 1946), France ( Niogret et al. 2006), Hungary ( Kandil 1983), India ( Roy 1991), Italy (Berlese 1904), Japan ( Takaku 2000), Slovakia ( MašAEn 2003), Switzerland ( Airoldi et al. 1989), U.S.A. ( Krantz and Whitaker 1988).

Distribution — Widely distributed in the world.

Remarks — Necrophilous detriticole and abundant in nest of birds and rotting organic matter. This is the first record from Greece.