Macrocheles merdarius Berlese 1889

• Main Authors: Azevedo, Letícia H., Castilho, Raphael C., Berto, Marielle M., De Moraes, Gilberto J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Macrochelidae; Macrocheles; Macrocheles merdarius; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6044587; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0381B829FFCFBD4842EE42CBD379FDD7

Macrocheles merdarius (Berlese, 1889) Holostaspis merdarius Berlese, 1889: 1. Holostaspis merdarius .— Berlese, 1892: 70. Macrocheles ( Coprholaspis ) merdarius .— Berlese, 1918: 146. Macrocheles merdarius .— Sellnick, 1940: 86; Evans & Browning, 1956: 21; Bregetova & Koroleva, 1960: 145; Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963: 83; Bregetova, 1977: 355; Hyatt & Emberson, 1988: 113; De Jesus & Rueda, 1990: 712; Masán, 2003: 117; Takaku et al ., 2012: 108. Macrocheles medarius [sic].— Axtell, 1961: 748. Macrocheles ( Macrocheles ) merdarius .— Krauss, 1970: 17; Karg, 1971: 134. Holostaspis adulescens Berlese, 1910: 252 [Synonymy by Filipponi & Pegazzano, 1963: 83]. Material examined . Eight females from Piracicaba (22°42'25"S, 47°38'30"W), 13 March 2014; 147 females from Cajuru (21°12'28"S, 47°19'35"W) and 223 females from Cajuru (21°17'30"S, 47°17'05"W), 18 February 2014; 13 females from Pariquera-Açu, 54 females from Registro, 24 February 2014; five females from São Luis do Paraitinga, 223 females from Paraibuna, 10 March 2014; 109 females from Piratininga, one female from Cabrália Paulista, 24 March 2014; 55 females from Pirapozinho, two females from Narandiba, 25 March 2014; 15 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'20"S, 47°38'24"W) and 80 females from Araçoiaba da Serra (23°31'18"S, 47°36'26"W), 25 February 2014; 12 females from Nipoã (20°54'48"S, 49°46'40"W) and 57 females from Nipoã (20°40'20"S, 49°10'22"W), 31 March 2014. Diagnosis of female . Dorsal shield relatively small [488 (470–510) long and 302 (290–310) wide at level of coxa III (n=5)], broadly oval and reticulate; dorsal setae smooth, except J 5, denticulate and shorter than in M . insignitus j 1 spine-shaped. Ventral shields broadly reticulate. Sternal shield poorly marked with punctate transverse lines; without punctate areas behind l . m . t . Previous records . Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Galapagos Islands, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, ...