First report of Macrocheles scutatiformis (Acari: Macrochelidae) found on insects and soil beneath animal carcasses in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Azima Laili Hanifah,, Mariana Ahamad,, Baharudin Omar,, Ahmad Taufik Yusoff,, Vishalani Vishnu Narainasamy,, Gen Takaku,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8935/1/06_Azima_Laili_Hanifah.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8935/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid44bil5_2015/KandunganJilid44Bil5_2015.html

In a forensic acarology study, conducted in a secondary forest of Forensic Science Simulation Site, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in Bangi, Selangor, six carcasses consisted of three monkeys and three rabbits were placed individually in steel enclosures and observed for 35 days. The carcasses...