An annotated catalogue of mites and ticks (Acari) in Fiji
Author
Fan, Qing-Hai
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-07-26
5486
3
351
387
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5486.3.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5486.3.3
1175-5326
B5D56397-7411-4251-8371-704BF4759BB8
Pyemotes ventricosus
(Newport, 1850)
Host/habitat
:
Levuana iridescens
(
Zygaenidae
),
Promecotheca bicolor
,
P
.
caerulipennis
,
P
.
opacicollis
and
P
.
reichei
(
Chrysomelidae
).
Distribution:
Unspecified (
Tothill 1927
;
Swaine 1971
), all the larger islands and Lau group (
Taylor 1936
,
1937
).
Remarks:
This species was first recorded from
Fiji
as
Pediculoides ventricosus
by A.G. Carment in 1921 (noted by
Taylor 1937
).