Macrocheles nataliae Bregetova and Koroleva 1960
| Main Authors: | Ács, A., Sutak, A., Kontschan, J. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2016
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5479338 |
Daftar Isi:
- Macrocheles nataliae Bregetova and Koroleva, 1960 Material examined — Three females were collected on Scarabaeus sacer Linnaeus, 1758, Greece, Thrace, Rhodope peripheral unit, Sapka Mts, Nea Sanda, river and rocky forest, E of the village, 225 m a.s.l., 41°06.928’N 25°49.686’E, 26 May 2012., KontschAEn, J., MurAEnyi, D. and Szederjesi, T. coll. Another three phoretic females were found on Oryctes nasicornis (Linnaeus, 1758), Greece, Epirus, Preveza peripheral unit, Ano Kotsanopoulo, garden of a cafe bar along the road towards Louros, W of the village, 130 m a.s.l., 39°13.026’N 20°42.823’E, 05 May 2011. KontschAEn, J., MurAEnyi, D., Szederjesi, T. and UjvAEri, Zs. coll. Published records — Asia, Belgium, British Isles, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Slovakia (MašAEn 2003); China (Lin and Zhang 2010); Latvia (Salmane 2001); Iran (Kazemi and Rajaei 2013). Distribution — Palaearctic. Remarks — M. nataliae is necrophilous detriticole that lives in decaying substrates and also is phoretic on various beetles, comprise the necrophilous (Gorb 2007; MašAEn 2003). The collected specimens were phoretic on Scarabaeus sacer and Oryctes nasicornis beetles in Greece. This is the first record from Greece.
- Published as part of Ács, A., Sutak, A. & Kontschan, J., 2016, New records of macrochelid mites and description of a new phoretic species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macrochelidae) from Greece, pp. 63-71 in Acarologia 56 (1) on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20162188, http://zenodo.org/record/5404290