Macrocheles mammifer Berlese, 1918

Azevedo, Letícia H., Castilho, Raphael C., Berto, Marielle M. & De Moraes, Gilberto J., 2017, Macrochelid mites (Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from São Paulo state, Brazil, with description of a new species of Macrocheles, Zootaxa 4269 (3), pp. 413-426 : 420

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.