Macrochelid mite (Acari: Gamasida) associated with dung beetles in Baluran National Pak, East Java, Indonesia

Authors

  • Sri Hartini Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
  • Dhian Dwibadra Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences
  • Masahiro Ohara The Hokkaido University Museum
  • Gen Takaku Hokkaido University of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14203/treubia.v42i0.565

Keywords:

Acari, Macrochelidae, dung beetles, Baluran, East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Eight mite species of the family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) were collected from the body surface of dung beetles in Baluran National Park, East Java, Indonesia. Of these, one species, Macrocheles subwallacei sp. nov., was describe as new to science. Female of Macrocheles crispa (Berlese, 1910) was rediscribed and the male was described for the first time. The remaining six species were Neopodocinum  jaspersi (Oudemans, 1900), M. dispar (Berlese, 1910), M. hallidayi Walter & Krantz, 1986, M. entetiensis Hartini & Takaku, 2005, M. jabarensis Hartini & Takaku, 2003 and M. persimilis Hartini, Dwibadra & Takaku, 2007.

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2025-03-07

How to Cite

Hartini, S., Dwibadra, D., Ohara, M., & Takaku, G. (2025). Macrochelid mite (Acari: Gamasida) associated with dung beetles in Baluran National Pak, East Java, Indonesia. Treubia, 42, 23–36. https://doi.org/10.14203/treubia.v42i0.565

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Vol. 42 (2015): Vol. 42, December 2015

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