Copidognathus waltairensis Chatterjee & Annapurna, 2002

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, Zootaxa 5141 (4), pp. 301-320 : 307

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6595952

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0A14F-FFCA-FFAF-61D0-F974C1D3F858

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Plazi

scientific name

Copidognathus waltairensis Chatterjee & Annapurna, 2002
status

 

Copidognathus waltairensis Chatterjee & Annapurna, 2002

Records from India. ANDHRA PRADESH: Palm beach, Visakhapatnam, among tidal algae Caulerpa racemosa, Gracelaria corticata — Chatterjee & Annapurna (2002, 2003).

Distribution. ITE— India (Andhra Pradesh).

Remarks. Present species is characterised by presence of single posterior areola (which consists a depression on anterior side) on AD, denticulous process on tibiae I and II psteroventrally, ovipositor long. This species has some similarity with ‘ Copidognathus lamellosus group’ but differ from that group by the presence of single posterior areola on AD in contrast to two circular posterior areolae present in lamellosus group.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

SubClass

Acari

Order

Trombidiformes

SubOrder

Prostigmata

SuperFamily

Halacaroidea

Family

Halacaridae

Genus

Copidognathus

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