Macrochelid Mites (Arachnida : Acari : Macrochelidae : Glyptholaspis, Macrocheles, Neopodocinum) Associated with Dung Beetles in Bali, Indonesia

Abstract

Ten species of mite of the family Macrochelidae (genera Glyptholaspis, Macrocheles and Neopodocinum) are recorded from the body surface of dung beetles from Bali, Indonesia. Of those mites, two specìes, Macrocheles balien- sis sp. nov. and M monticola sp. nov., are described as new to science. Neopodocinum spinirostris (Berlese, 1910) is redescribed on the basis of adults and immature stages collected from Bali. Seven species, Glyptholaspis fimicola (Sellnick, 1931),Macrocheles hallidayi Walter and Krantz, 1986,M. krantzi Evans and Hyatt, 1963,M. merdarius (Berlese, 1889),M. oigru Walter and Krantz, 1986, Neopodocinum·. jaspersi (Oudemans, 1900), and N spinirostris (Berlese, 1910), were rècorded from Bali for the fìrst Urne. Macrocheles arabaesc nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for M. scarabae Chinniah and Mohanasundaram, 1995(preoccupied by M scarabae Vìshnuprìya and Mohasasundaram, 1988)