Neopodocinum maius Berlese, 1911

Dwibadra, Dhian, Takaku, Gen, Ôhara, Masahiro & Ueda, Akira, 2014, Mites of the Family Macrochelidae (Acari: Gamasida) from Sungai Wain, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Species Diversity 19 (1), pp. 43-57 : 54

Neopodocinum maius Berlese, 1911

Neopodocinum maius Berlese, 1911: 431 .

Neopodocinum cophrophilum Vitzthum, 1925: 20–21 ; 1926: 40–52, figs 25–34.

Neopodocinum maius: Krantz 1965: 185–187 , figs 47–48; Hartini and Takaku 2004: 78.

Material examined. SWPF: 3 females, 4 males, 4 protonymphs, 16 December 2006, ex Catharsius dayacus and residue in vials; 3 females, 4 males, 1 protonymph, 20 December 2006, ex Onthophagus borneensis , Paragymnopleurus maurus and residue in vials; 1 female, 2 protonymphs, 20 December 2006, ex 4 females, 3 males, 1 deutonymph, 1 protonymph, 14 December 2007, ex O . schwaneri and C. dayacus ; 1 deutonymph, 3 protonymphs, 15 December 2007, ex C. dayacus ; 1 male, 1 deutonymph, 15–20 December 2007, ex residue in vial; 5 females, 20–25 December 2007, ex residue in vial. Km 24: 1 female, burned secondary forest, 21 December 2006, ex C. dayacus ; 2 females, 1 protonymph, natural forest, 21 December 2006, ex residue in vials; 1 female, 1 deutonymph, natural forest, 26 December 2006, ex C. dayacus and residue in vials; 1 protonymph, burned ridge, 14–19 December 2007, ex P. maurus ; 1 deutonymph, burned ridge, 19–24 December 2007, ex residue in vial; 2 females, 1 protonymph, burned ridge, 6–11 December 2008, ex residue in vial. Km 29: 1 protonymph, 22 December 2006, ex C. renaudpauliani .

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield oval, bearing 28 pairs of setae; j1 and z1 plumose distally; unpaired seta Jx absent. Sternal shield broader than long; l. m. t. complete; anal shield expanded laterally, subtriangular, without preanal setae; ophisthogastric setae pectinate or smooth.

Habitat. This species has previously been collected from Heliocopris sp., Catharsius molossus , and Onthophagus sp.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan).