Neopodocinum Mites (Arachnida: Acari: Macrochelidae) in Kalimantan

Abstract

Five species of the genus Neopodocinum (family Macrochelidae) are reported from the body surface of dung beetles from Kalimantan, Indonesia. Neopodocinum halimunense Hartini and Takaku, 2003, N. maius Berlese, 1911, and N. subjaspersi Hartini and Takaku, 2003 are recorded from Kalimantan for the first time. Cosmiphis bosschai (Oudemans, 1901) is referred to the genus Neopodocinum, and description of its protonymph is provided, along with redescriptions of its female, male, and deutonymph. Neopodocinum kalimantanense is described as new to science; it resembles N. bosschai but is distinguishable by the shape of some setae in the middle of female's dorsal shield.