Macrocheles jabarensis Hartini and Takaku 2003
Creators: name: Dwibadra, Dhian
name: Takaku, Gen
name: Ôhara, Masahiro
name: Ueda, Akira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Macrochelidae
Macrocheles
Macrocheles jabarensis

description: Macrocheles jabarensis Hartini and Takaku, 2003
Macrocheles jabarensis Hartini and Takaku, 2003a: 1266, figs 7–12.
Macrocheles jabarensis: Hartini et al. 2003: 308.
Material examined. SWPF: 32 females, 16 December 2006, ex Onthophagus semicupreus, O. vulpes, O. obscurior, O. cervicapra, O. borneensis Harold, 1877, O. pasificus Lansberge, 1885, Catharsius dayacus, and residue in vials; 14 females, 17 December 2006, ex O. waterstradti Boucomont, 1914, O. schwaneri, O. borneensis, and Onthophagus sp.; 14 females, 18 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri; 30 females, 20 December 2006, ex O. obscurior, O. pastillatus Boucomont, 1919, O. cervicapra, C. dayacus, and residue in vials; 53 females, 14 December 2007, ex C. dayacus, O. schwaneri, O. waterstradti, O. incisus Harold, 1877, O. vulpes, Paragymnopleurus maurus, and residue in vials; 3 females, 12 December 2008, ex O. borneensis; 4 females, 5 December 2008, ex residue in vials; 6 females, 11 December 2008, ex residue in vials. Km 18: 6 females, Acacia mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex residue in vials. Km 22: 6 females, A. mangium plantation, 23 December 2006, ex C. renaudpauliani and residue in vials. Km 24: 1 female, Imperata cylindrica grassland, 21 December 2006, ex O. papulatus Boucomont, 1914; 5 females, burned secondary forest, 21 December 2006, ex residue in vials; 19 females, secondary forest, 21 December 2006, ex O. aurifex Harold, 1877, O. schwaneri, O. dux Sharp, 1875, C. dayacus, and residue in vials; 16 females, natural forest, 21 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri and residue in vials; 2 females, burned secondary forest, 26 December 2006, ex residue in vial; 4 females, I. cylindrica grassland, 26 December 2006, ex residue in vial; 40 females, A. mangium plantation, 26 December 2006, ex residue in vial; 4 females, natural forest, 26 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri, O. rudis Sharp, 1875, and residue in vial; 3 females, burned ridges, 6–11 December 2008, ex residue in vials; 2 females, A. mangium plantations, 7–12 December 2008, ex residue in vials; 8 females, I. cylindrica grassland, 7–12 December 2008, ex residue in vial. Km 29: 165 females, 22 December 2006, ex O. schwaneri, O. cervicapra, O. obscurior, C. renaudpauliani, and residue in vials.
Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal setae j1 plumose distally; S5 and Z5 pilose in distal half; J5 entirely pilose; other setae simple (in some cases j4 pilose distally). Ornamentation of sternal shield distinct; l. ang., l. m. t., and l. o. p. distinct; l. o. p. disjunct from l. m. t. and not bifurcate.
Habitat. This species has been collected from the scarab beetle genera Catharsius, Microcopris, Onthophagus, and Paragymnopleurus.
Distribution. Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Lombok, and Sumbawa).
description: Published as part of Dwibadra, Dhian, Takaku, Gen, Ôhara, Masahiro & Ueda, Akira, 2014, Mites of the Family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) from Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, pp. 43-57 in Species Diversity 19 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.12782/sd.19.1.043, http://zenodo.org/record/4584938