An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India
Author
Chatterjee, Tapas
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-05-27
5141
4
301
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journal article
61129
10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1
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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.