Checklist of Indian mites in the family Laelapidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) Author Bandyopadhyay, Pritha 0000-0002-2450-7880 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India pritha. bandyopadhyay 31 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2450 - 7880 pritha.bandyopadhyay31@gmail.com Author Karmakar, Krishna 0000-0002-5582-3560 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur- 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India kkbckv 64 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5582 - 3560 kkbckv64@gmail.com Author Halliday, Bruce Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-03 5249 4 401 424 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.4.1 journal article 29671 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.4.1 bdfeb765-d980-45d0-b633-2a5afdab39a7 1175-5326 7694572 C6FC7844-EF82-45AB-9B55-2B7130D9872D Neolaelaps spinosus ( Berlese, 1910 ) Leiognathus spinosus Berlese, 1910: 261 . Liponyssus magnistigmatus Vitzthum, 1918: 21 (synonymy by Radovsky, 1967 ). Neolaelaps magnistigmatus .— Hiregaudar & Bal, 1955: 221 ; Hiregaudar & Bal, 1956: 116 ; Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958: 112 ; Prasad, 1974: 153 . Neolaelaps spinosa .— Radovsky, 1967: 34 ; Bhattacharyya, 1971b: 116 . Collection records in India : India, common on flying foxes ( Hiregaudar & Bal, 1955 ); Bombay, Pune, Lucknow, on bat, Pteropus giganteus giganteus ( Chiroptera : Pteropodidae ) ( Hiregaudar & Bal, 1956 ); Supkhar, Halon Valley, Balaghat District, on peafowl, Pavo cristatus ( Galliformes : Phasianidae ) ( Bhattacharyya, 1971b ).