Elaphrolaelaps nepalensis Samšiňák & Daniel, 1978

MAŠÁN, PETER & HALLIDAY, BRUCE, 2014, Review of the mite family Pachylaelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata), Zootaxa 3776 (1), pp. 1-66 : 45

Elaphrolaelaps nepalensis Samšiňák & Daniel, 1978

Elaphrolaelaps nepalensis Samšiňák & Daniel, 1978: 98 . Type locality: Nepal.

Notes. Several pieces of evidence show that this species is incorrectly placed in the genus Elaphrolaelaps . The dorsal shield extends onto the ventral surface; the arrangement of ventral shields is typical of Pachylaelapini , not Paralaelapini ; the parapodal platelets are greatly enlarged at the level of the posterior margin of the genitiventral shield; and the genitiventral shield is closely adjacent to the anterior margin of the anal shield. It was placed in Elaphrolaelaps based on the fact that tarsus II lacks spur-like setae, but it probably represents a new genus. One of us (PM) made considerable efforts to obtain type material of this species. The original specimens should be in the Institute of Parasitology of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (the institute was moved from Prague to České Budějovice in 1985), but they have not been found there (based on personal communication with curator, Prof. V. Hypša).