Atelopsalis pacifica Bartsch, 1985

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, Zootaxa 5141 (4), pp. 301-320 : 303

Atelopsalis pacifica Bartsch, 1985

Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Chatam Island, among intertidal coralline algae Jania rubens — Sarma & Chatterjee (1993a).

Records from other places. AUSTRALIA: Rottnest Island (Duke Rock, 7-10 m depth); Esperance, southern coast of western Australia; Duke of Orleans Bay, amongst demosponge with rich epi- and endofauna— Bartsch (2007). PHILIPPINES: Mactan Island, Cebu (Sulu Sea), 15 m depth— Bartsch (1985a). TURKEY: Antalya (Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea) in soft sand at 30 m depth— Durucan & Boyaci (2017); Bozcaada, Çanakkale (Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea), among detritus-rich sediment with seagrass Posidonia oceanica at 8 m depth— Durucan (2021).

Distribution. ISE— Australia; ITE— India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands); MDB— Turkey; PTW— Philippines.

Remarks: Comparisons of characteristics among species of the genus Atelopsalis are given in Chatterjee et al. (2009).