Proctolaelaps species (Acari: Mesostigmata: Melicharidae) from Egypt, with description of a new species and complementary descriptions of other five species
Author
Abo-Shnaf, Reham I. A.
Author
De Moraes, Gilberto J.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4162
3
479
503
journal article
38208
10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.4
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Proctolaelaps afifii
Moraes, Britto, Mineiro & Halliday
Proctolaelaps afifii
Moraes, Britto,
Mineiro & Halliday, 2016
: 204
.
Proctolaelaps striatus
Afifi,
Hassan & El-Bishlawy, 1984
: 1216
(secondary homonym of
Proctolaelaps striatus
(Westerboer, 1963))
.
Proctolaelaps striatus
.—
Zaher, 1986
: 62
.
Previous records from
Egypt
.
Giza governorate
(
Afifi
et al
., 1984
)
;
Giza
and
Cairo
governorates (
Zaher, 1986
).
Remarks.
No additional specimens of this species were found in this study. It was originally described from the
holotype
female and an unstated number of
paratype
females collected in the
Faculty
of
Agriculture Farm
,
Cairo
University
,
Giza governorate
. The original description was reasonably detailed, with illustrations of all stages, but only with measurements of idiosoma and legs.