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: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Macrochelidae; Macrocheles; Macrocheles merdarius; Galapagos; Canada; Browning; Hyatt; Axtell; Iceland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6044587; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6044587

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, Indonesia, Iran, ...