Holostaspella moderata Berlese, 1920

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 : 44

Holostaspella moderata Berlese, 1920

Holostaspella moderata Berlese, 1920: 188 .

Holostaspella moderata: Krantz 1967: 130 , figs 52, 54.; Filipponi and Pegazzano 1967: figs III, IV, tav. XIX, 3–4, tav. XX, 2; Roy 1989a: 334–335, figs 11–18.

Holostaspella (Holostaspella) egregia Vitzthum, 1925: 16 .

Material examined. Km 24: 1 female, 7–12 December 2008, ex residue in vial.

Diagnosis. Female. Dorsal shield punctate, j1 plumose, on anterior projection of shield; z1 longer than j1; dorsal setae weakly or strongly pectinate; sternal shield typical for sculpta species group; st1 plumose, st2–3 short and smooth; ventrianal shield broader than long with 3 pairs of long preanal setae; Jv2 and Zv2 distinctly pectinate, Jv3 distally pectinate; paranal and postanal setae short and smooth.

Habitat. This species has been collected from banana plantation litter, grassy soil, leaf litter, and a refuse dump.

Distribution. Indonesia [Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan (new record)], Philippines, Japan, India, and Australia.