Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan
Online ISSN : 1880-2273
Print ISSN : 0918-1067
ISSN-L : 0918-1067
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Macrochelid Mites (Acari: Gamasina: Macrochelidae) Associated with Dung Beetles in Sulawesi, Indonesia
Sri HARTINIDhian DWIBADRAGen TAKAKU
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2007 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 73-96

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Abstract
Seventeen species of macrochelid mites belonging to the genera Glyptholaspis and Macrocheles are recorded from Sulawesi, Indonesia. They were all collected from dung beetles (Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae). Except for Macrocheles kraepelini, all the species are recorded from Sulawesi for the first time. Six species, i.e., M. convexus sp. nov., M. donggalensis sp. nov., M. persimilis sp. nov., M. pilosellus sp. nov., M. simulans sp. nov., M. variodecoratus sp. nov., are new to science. A key to 55 species of macrochelid mites recorded from Indonesia is also provided.
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