An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India Author Chatterjee, Tapas text Zootaxa 2022 2022-05-27 5141 4 301 320 journal article 61129 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1 75a7d672-1ce1-4d91-8483-c17f04214d4b 1175-5326 6592866 D731000A-D126-461A-A050-8F5A6A46001E Plegadognathus bonairensis ( Viets, 1936 ) Records from India . ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS : Chiriatapu , Port Blair , Mus Island , among Halimeda opuntia — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993b) . GOA : Anjuna beach, among Spongomorpha sp. — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993b) . KERALA : Kovalam beach, among Gracilaria corticata — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993b) . Records from other places. AUSTRALIA : Great Barrier Reef, Australia (reported as Arhodeoporus ventromaculatus )— Otto (2000) ; Northwestern Australia, Dampier (reported as A. bonairensis )— Bartsch (2009b) . CARIBBEAN AREA: Bonaire (reported as Copidognathopsis bonairensis )— Viets (1936) . GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: Galapagos Islands (Santa Cruz) in tidal and subtidal sediments (reported as A. bonairensis )— Bartsch (1977) . HAWAIAN ISLANDS: Oahu, Kauai (reported as A. bonairensis )— Bartsch (2009b) . HONG KONG : Hong Kong— Bartsch (2009b) . PHILIPPINES : Mactan Island— Bartsch (2009b) . SINGAPORE : St John’s Island— Bartsch (2009b) . QATAR : Persian Gulf, collected from steel settlement plates— Durucan et al . (2019) . USA : Biscayne Bay and Soldier Key, Florida (reported as Copidognathus (s. str.) bonairensis ), among green algae Halimeda opuntia — Newell (1947) . Distribution. ATW– Caribbean area, Florida; ISE—Western Australia; ITE— India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands , Goa, Kerala ); ITW— Qatar ; PTE—Galapagos Islands, Hawai Islands; PTW—Eastern Australia , Hong Kong , Phillipines, Singapore . Remarks. Bartsch (2009b) classified Arhodeoporus ventromaculatus Otto, 2000 as a junior synonym of A. bonairensis . Bartsch (2016) also commented that Plegadognathus thyreophorus (André, 1959) may be a junior synonym of P. bonairensis .