Copidognathus beringiensis Makarova, 1978

Abdin, Amr, Kondo, Toru, Böhm, Michael, Jhund, Pardeep S, Claggett, Brian L, Vaduganathan, Muthiah, Hernandez, Adrian F, Lam, Carolyn S P, Inzucchi, Silvio E, Martinez, Felipe A, de Boer, Rudolf A, Desai, Akshay S, Køber, Lars, Sabatine, Marc S, Petersson, Magnus, Bachus, Erasmus, Solomon, Scott D & McMurray, John J V, 2023, Type Specimens of Halacarid Mites by Dr. N. G. Makarova Relocated in the Collection of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 49 (3), pp. 97-106 : 104

Copidognathus beringiensis Makarova, 1978 [nomen nudum]

( Figs. 23–24 )

Type series.ɹ1˂ NSMT-Ac 14710 (1/8091).

Condition. Each body part is visible and chaetotaxies of idiosoma, gnathosoma, palps, and legs are almost recognizable. Type ˂: Idiosoma length 570, width 390; gnathosoma length 160, width 110.

Remarks.ɹThis species has not been properly described. Nevertheless, the species name, Copidognathus beringiensis , was given on page 166 in the list of animal species from the intertidal zone of eastern Kamchatka and the western coast of the Bering Sea ( Makarova, 1978). The specimen number given on the glass slide cannot be found in any papers by Dr. Makarova.

Figures

Fig. 23.ɹCopidognathus beringiensis [nomen nudum], glass slide prepared by Dr. Makarova.

Fig. 24.ɹCopidognathus beringiensis [nomen nudum], ˂ NSMT-Ac 14710. Body (A), genitoanal region (B), first leg (C). Scale bars for A=200 µm, BC=50 µm.