Macrochelid mite fauna in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with description of two new species

Hartini, Sri; Takaku, Gen; Kojima, Jun‐ichi; Katakura, Haruo

doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2005.00116.x

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“…Phoretic on Pachylister lutarius and Hister major (Histeridae) (Hartini et al 2005;Niogret et al 2006) and again on other beetle families Lucanidae, Silphidae, Trogidae; on Onthophagus spp (Scarabaeidae) (Wallace and Holm 1985;Kotiaho and Simmons 2001), and mammals, Rodentia (Takaku 2000;Takaku 2003, 2006) M. muscaedomesticae…”

Section: Mammaliamentioning

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Phoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition

Perotti

Braig

2009

Exp Appl Acarol

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Phoretic mites are likely the most abundant arthropods found on carcases and corpses. They outnumber their scavenger carriers in both number and diversity. Many phoretic mites travel on scavenger insects and are highly specific; they will arrive on a particular species of host and no other. Because of this, they may be useful as trace indicators of their carriers even when their carriers are absent. Phoretic mites can be valuable markers of time. They are usually found in a specialised transitional transport or dispersal stage, often moulting and transforming to adults shortly after arrival on a carcase or corpse. Many are characterised by faster development and generation cycles than their carriers. Humans are normally unaware, but we too carry mites; they are skin mites that are present in our clothes. More than 212 phoretic mite species associated with carcases have been reported in the literature. Among these, mites belonging to the Mesostigmata form the dominant group, represented by 127 species with 25 phoretic mite species belonging to the family Parasitidae and 48 to the Macrochelidae. Most of these mesostigmatids are associated with particular species of flies or carrion beetles, though some are associated with small mammals arriving during the early stages of decomposition. During dry decay, members of the Astigmata are more frequently found; 52 species are phoretic on scavengers, and the majority of these travel on late-arriving scavengers such as hide beetles, skin beetles and moths. Several species of carrion beetles can visit a corpse simultaneously, and each may carry 1-10 species of phoretic mites. An informative diversity of phoretic mites may be found on a decaying carcass at any given time. The composition of the phoretic mite assemblage on a carcass might provide valuable information about the conditions of and time elapsed since death.

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Section: Mammaliamentioning

confidence: 96%

Phoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition

Perotti

Braig

2009

Exp Appl Acarol

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“…About 50 species of mites of the family Macrochelidae have been recorded from Indonesia by our serial studies (Hartini and Takaku, 2003a-c, 2004, 2006aHartini et al, 2003Hartini et al, , 2005Takaku and Hartini, 2001) and by previous studies (Berlese, 1905(Berlese, , 1910(Berlese, , 1920Krantz, 1965Krantz, , 1967aOudemans, 1903;Vitzthum, 1931). Previous surveys have been undertaken by us in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, and Papua.…”

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“…Etymology: The specific name refers to the remarkable similarity to Macrocheles entetiensis Hartini and Takaku, 2005, recorded from Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.…”

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Macrochelid Mites (Acari: Gamasina: Macrochelidae) Associated with Drug Beetles in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Hartini¹,

Dwibadra²,

元³

2007

J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn.

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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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“…So far more than 40 species of mites of the family Macrochelidae have been recorded or described from Indonesia (Berlese, 1905(Berlese, , 1910(Berlese, , 1921Takaku, 2003a, b, c, 2004;Hartini et al, 2003Hartini et al, , 2005Krantz, 1965Krantz, , 1967aOudemans, 1903;Takaku, 1998Takaku, , 2001Takaku and Hartini, 2001;Vitzthum, 1931). These species were reported from Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java, Bali, and Lesser Sunda Islands.…”

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Mites of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Gamasida: Macrochelidae) Associated with Dung Beetles in Papua, Indonesia

Hartini¹,

元²

2006

J. Acarol. Soc. Jpn.

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Ten mite species of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Macrochelidae) were collected from the body surface of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) in Papua, Indonesia, providing the first record of the genus for the area. Of these, five species, Macrocheles erniae, M. kojimai, M. manokwariensis, M. timikaensis, and M. woroae, were described as new to science. The remaining five species were M. agilis, M. borealis, M. limue, M. merdarius, and M. sp. aff. glaber.

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Macrochelid mite fauna in the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with description of two new species

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Phoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition

Phoretic mites associated with animal and human decomposition

Macrochelid Mites (Acari: Gamasina: Macrochelidae) Associated with Drug Beetles in Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mites of the genus Macrocheles (Acari: Gamasida: Macrochelidae) Associated with Dung Beetles in Papua, Indonesia

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