Macrocheles kekensis sp. n., a new macrochelid mite associated with a centoniin beetle from Hungary (Acari, Mesostigmata)

Abstract

Abstract

A new species, Macrocheles kekensis sp. n., is described based from three specimens associated with a cetoniin beetle ( Hoplia hungarica Burmeister, 1844). The new species differs from the other known European macrochelid species in having 29 pairs of dorsal setae, j1 and z1 short and robust, other dorsal setae long and pilose, and the absence of apodemes between the genital and ventrianal shields. This is the 34 ^th Hungarian macrochelid species.