taxonID	type	description	language	source
F25B87B2FFE8FFB92A57FAAA531EFB92.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Idiosoma large, oval, posterior margin rounded. Colour yellowish-brown. Legs short and can be found on the apical part of the idiosoma. All legs with welldeveloped ambulacra. Genital shield of female small and oval, similar to genital shield of male. Tritosternum with narrow basis and trifurcated. Gnathosoma: hypostomal setae long, with pilose margins. Corniculi horn-like. Internal malae pilose. Epistome marginally pilose. Chelicerae with internal sclerotized nodes, fixed digit without process. Remarks Only one genus (Macrodinychus Berlese, 1916) is known from this family. Distribution Circum-tropical, European, Australian and Middle-East. Notes In the last comprehensive work (Krantz and Walter 2009), Macrodinychus species were mentioned as members of the family Dinychidae (Lindquist et al. 2009). Unfortunately this statement [fixed cheliceral digit typically with a rounded or acuminate apical “ finger ” (see (Lindquist et al. 2009) on page 197], which can be found in the key to the family Dinychidae, is not true for the Macrodinychus species, where this character is lacking on their chelicerae (Hirschmann 1993). For this reason, I discuss these mites as a separate family. Biology Currently there is little information about the biology and ecology of these mites. Bal and Özkan (2005) reported viviparity in Macrodinychus bregetovaae Hirschmann, 1975 because they found about 30 larvae in the female’s body, but this phenomenon has not been recorded in other Macrodinychid species. One species of this family (Macrodinychus sellnicki Hirschmann and Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1975) is a well-known parasite of ant pupae (Gonzales et al. 2004; Vargas et al. 2004; Krantz et al. 2007), and presumably other species are associated with ant species or live in anthills, but we have no other information.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE9FFBE2AF5FBD75030FC22.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis See under Family. Distribution See under Family. Systematic note Hirschmann (1979) used three different categories in his specific Uropodina-system: “ Ganggattung ”, “ Stadiengattung ” and “ Stadiengruppen ”. However, Hirschmann’s categories are not recognized by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) so in the present work “ Ganggattung ” is regarded as genus, “ Stadiengattung ” as subgenus and “ Stadiengruppen ” as species-group (see Kontschán 2008). First, Hirschmann (1975 a) subdivided the genus Macrodinychus into two “ Stadiengattungen ”, Macrodinychus and Monomacrodinychus, on the basis of the denticulation of chelicerae, which was often used in his catalogue (see Hirschmann 1993). The shape of the chelicerae is diverse within a genus, because modification of chelicerae is the result of an adaptation of feeding habits (Evans 1972), so its taxonomic value is questionable. For this reason, this difference is insufficient to justify the separation of these two groups. Some years later Hirschmann (1979) mentioned Macrodinychus as a “ Ganggattung ”, with Macrodinychus Berlese, 1917, Bregetovamacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979, Loksamacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979 and Baloghmacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979 as “ Stadiengattungen ”. Although Hirschmann (1979) discussed these groups as subgenera of the genus Macrodinychus, in the same paper (on pages 69 and 70) he refers to Macrodinychus Berlese, 1917, Bregetovamacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979, Loksamacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979 and Baloghmacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979 as genera as well. This subdivision was based on the shape of the peritreme, of which four types are known in the genus Macrodinychus (see the key). According to my assumption Macrodinychus is a Uropodina genus distributed worldwide and comprising four subgenera; accordingly I consider Macrodinychus Berlese, 1917, Bregetovamacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979, Loksamacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979 and Baloghmacrodinychus Hirschmann, 1979 as subgenera in the present work.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFEEFFBD2A8FFC6B531AF921.taxon	distribution	Distribution Kenya.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFEEFFBD2A8FFC6B531AF921.taxon	distribution	Distribution Zaire. Notes Wiśniewski and Hirschmann (1993) did not place this species into any of species groups; on the basis of the shape of the peritreme (U-shaped) it is moved into subgenus Monomacrodinychus. Macrodinychus (Macrodinychus) mahunkai Hirschmann, 1975	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFEEFFBD2A8FFC6B531AF921.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One female, on the slide “ LL-B- 10 a ” (HNHM). Distribution Bolivia.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFEEFFBD2A8FFC6B531AF921.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One female, on the slide “ 45 - 2 e ” (HNHM). Remarks Hirschmann (1975 a) mentioned only the shape of the central region of the peritreme as a distinguishing character between M. parallelepipedus and M. paraguayensis, (the central region of the peritreme in M. paraguayensis turns anteriorly, but this character is missing in M. parallelepipedus). This slight difference is insufficient for justifying separation of a new species, therefore M. paraguayensis should not be regarded else than a junior synonym name of M. parallelepipedus. New records One female: Suriname, (Suriname 1521) Mites on Passalus species, 1932 leg. G. Bunzli. (NHM, London). Distribution Brazil, Paraguay and Suriname. Macrodinychus (Macrodinychus) sellnicki Hirschmann and Zirngiebl-Nicol, 1975	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFEEFFBD2A8FFC6B531AF921.taxon	description	One female: Saint Lucia, Castries, Piton Flore, from litter, 11 July 1980. leg. S. Mahunka and L. Mahunka-Papp; one female: Saint Lucia, Castries, Marigot Harbour, from moss, 17 July 1980. leg. S. Mahunka and L. Mahunka-Papp. One female: Dominican Republic, near Constanza, rainforest fragment, from litter, 18 November 2003. leg. J. Kontschán. Two females: Costa Rica, Turrialba, 600 m, Agricultural Research Station Catie, primary rainforest, from soil, 12 January 1993. leg. J. Balogh (HNHM, Budapest). One female and one male: Suriname, 1932, leg. G. Bunzli (without any other information on the specimen), Three females and two males: Suriname, from ants 1932, leg. G. Bunzli, (NHM, London). Distribution Caribbean Islands, Central and South America. Macrodinychus (Macrodinychus) malayicus sp. nov. Material examined Holotype: male. Leaf litter and soil under jungle trees, Kuala Lumpur Peninsular, Malaysia, 21 September 1980. leg. J. D. George. Paratype: one male, locality and date same as holotype. Holotype and paratype are stored in alcohol and deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Description Male. Length of idiosoma 840 – 850 µm, width 540 – 550 µm (n = 2). Shape oblong, posterior margin rounded. Dorsal idiosoma (Figure 1 A). Dorsal and marginal shields not fused anteriorly. Isolated pygidial shield present with smooth surface and bears two pairs of pilose setae. Dorsal setae with short hairs on their margins, and placed in small alveolar cavities (Figure 1 B). Crenellation can be found between the marginal and dorsal shields on the central and posterior regions. Marginal setae in these regions without small, alveolar cavities. These cavities bear pilose setae and they are only present on the anterior region of marginal shield. Ventral idiosoma (Figure 1 C). Sternal and ventral shields covered by small, alveolar cavities, these cavities bear setae with short hairs on their margins (Figure 1 D). Several small alveolar ornamentations can be found near the metapodal line. Genital shield circular, with small alveolar ornamentation. Stigmata situated between coxae II and III. Peritremes wide and U-shaped. Legs with serrated setae. Gnathosoma. Corniculi, internal malae, epistome, hypostomal setae and 210 chelicerae not clearly visible (covered by coxae I). Female, nymphs and larvae are unknown. Etymology The name of the new species refers to the country (Malaysia) where the species was collected. Remark The small alveolar cavities on the dorsal, ventral and sternal shields distinguish the new species from all the others in this subgenus. Notes Unfortunately the new species is known from two males only and more collections are needed in the type locality.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE2FFB32A5AFF2E5005FEFB.taxon	distribution	Distribution Russia, Hungary, Turkey. Macrodinychus (Bregetovamacrodinychus) hutuae Hirschmann, 1975	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE2FFB32A5AFF2E5005FEFB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One female, on the slide “ NG-W-B 38 Neuguinea 65 ”. (HNHM). Distribution New Guinea and Mexico. Remarks Vázquez and Klompen (2007) mentioned this species from Mexico as Macrodinychus ca. hutuae. This occurrence is very far from the original locality (New Guinea), either this is an interesting phenomenon in the distributional pattern of these mites or it is presumably a misidentification.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE2FFB32A5AFF2E5005FEFB.taxon	description	Two females, Cuba, Sierra de la Gran Piedra, cloudy rainforest, from litter and soil, 27 May 1979. leg. T. Pócs; 3 females and 2 males: Cuba: Havana, area of research institute, from soil, 16 February 1989. leg. F. Mészáros (HNHM, Budapest). Distribution Caribbean Islands.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE2FFB32A5AFF2E5005FEFB.taxon	distribution	Distribution Japan.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE3FFB02A85FEFB5012FC20.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One female, on the slide “ QL-B-B 6 Australien 68 ” (HNHM). Distribution Australia.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE3FFB02A85FEFB5012FC20.taxon	distribution	Distribution Japan. Macrodinychus (Loksamacrodinychus) loksai Hirschmann, 1975	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE3FFB02A85FEFB5012FC20.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One male, on the slide “ N 40, NG-L-B 86 Neuguinea ” (HNHM). New records One female and three males: Fiji Islands, Western part of Kadavu (Kandavu) Island. 2 km northeast of Tavuki village, at 150 – 175 m altitude. On orange-red volcanic soil. 19 ◦ 04.097 – 04.101 ′ S, 178 ◦ 07.980 – 08.249 ′ E. Dry evergreen microphyllous forest with emergent Allocasuarina trees. 15 September 2003. leg. S. and T. Pócs. Two females: New Guinea, Madang, Gogol River, from secondary rain forest, 17 September 1969. leg. J. Balogh (HNHM, Budapest). One female: Solomon Islands, Gaudalcanal, 11344, Mt Austen, 13 October 1963, Leg. P. Greenslade (NHM, London). Distribution New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE3FFB02A85FEFB5012FC20.taxon	distribution	Distribution Japan. Macrodinychus (Loksamacrodinychus) zicsii Hirschmann, 1975	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE3FFB02A85FEFB5012FC20.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One female, on the slide “ Ceylon, 1968 N 37 ” (HNHM). Distribution Sri Lanka.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One female, on the slide “ CAN-B 3 q uc Australien 1965 ”, one male and one female on the slide “ CAN-B 3 q Australien 1968 ”, one female on the slide “ CAN-B 1 u, Hung. Soil Zool. Exp. Australia 1968 ” (HNHM). Distribution Australia.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution Japan. Macrodinychus (Baloghmacrodinychus) kaszabi Hirschmann, 1975	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined One male, on the slide “ NG-WB 86 Neuguinea 68 ”, one male, on the slide “ NG-WB 86 Neuguinea 68 ” (HNHM). Distribution New Guinea.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution Japan.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution Indonesia, Malaysia.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	description	One female: Thailand, Satun Prov., Thale bau N. P. in a primary moss forest, 1 – 5 January 1998., leg. A. Schultz and K. Vock (NHMG, Geneva). Distribution Vietnam and Thailand. Notes Wiśniewski and Hirschmann (1993) did not place this species into any of the species groups; on the basis of the peritreme shape (with several finger-like branches) I have moved it into subgenus Baloghmacrodinychus.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
F25B87B2FFE0FFAA2A4BFC3A5556FEA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution Japan. Macrodinychus (Baloghmacrodinychus) extremicus sp. nov. Material examined Holotype: male. Thailand, Phang Nga Prov., Khao Lak N. P., Tone Chony Fa Fall, 100 – 300 m, 6 – 15 January 1998. leg. A. Scultz and K. Vock. The holotype stored in alcohol and deposited in Natural History Museum Geneva (NHMG). Description Male. Length of idiosoma 1630 µm, width 950 µm (n = 1). Shape oblong, posterior margin rounded. Dorsal idiosoma (Figure 2 A). Dorsal and marginal shields not fused anteriorly. Isolated pygidial shield present, with alveolar pattern and without setae. Two halfring-form cavities can be seen in the central region of dorsal shield. Margin of cavities covered by bulbiform setae. Crenellation can be found between marginal and dorsal shields. All dorsal and marginal setae bulbiform with short hairs on their margins (Figure 2 B). Dorsal shield bears alveolar ornamentation. Ventral idiosoma (Figure 2 C). Sternal and ventral shields bear large, alveolar ornamentation. Shape and situation of sternal setae as follows: St 1 and St 2 bulbiform and placed near the level of coxae II. St 3 smooth, needle-like and inserted near the anterior margin of coxae II. St 4 and St 5 bulbiform, St 4 placed near the posterior margin of coxae II, St 5 near the anterior margin of coxae IV. All ventral setae bulbiform. Scabellum covered by tile-like pattern. Genital shield circular, without ornamentation. Stigmata situated between coxae II and III. Peritreme with several finger-like branches. Legs with serrated setae. Gnathosoma. Corniculi, internal malae, epistome, hypostomal setae and chelicerae not clearly visible (covered by coxae I). Female, nymphs and larvae are unknown. Etymology The name of the new species refers to the several extreme characters (bulbiform setae, dorsal cavities) that are unique in this family. Remark The dorsal cavities and dorsal and ventral setae are unique in this family. Notes Unfortunately the new species is known from a male holotype only and more collections are needed in the type locality.	en	Kontschán, Jenő (2011): Notes on the family Macrodinychidae (Acari: Uropodina) with description of two new species. Journal of Natural History 45 (25 - 26): 1619-1636, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.559600, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.559600
