Mites of the Macrochelid Genus Neopodocinum (Arachnida : Acari : Gamasida : Macrochelidae) Associated with Dung Beetles in West Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Three species of the genus Neopodocinum (Macrochelidae) were recorded from the body surface of dung beetles in West Java, Indonesia. One species was identified as N. spinirostris (Berlese, 1910) and the other two are described here as new to science. Neopodocinum halimunensis sp. nov. is distinguishable from congeners by an expanded anal shield with two pairs of preanal setae in both sexes. Neopodocinum subjaspersi sp. nov. differs from the related species N. jaspersi (Oudemans, 1900) in the pectination of some dorsal and opisthogastric setae.