Proctolaelaps holoventris nom. nov. ( new replacement name)

Proctolaelaps n. sp. 2.— Nasr, 1978: 104.

Proctolaelaps orientalis Nasr, in Zaher, 1986: 64 (junior primary homonym of Proctolaelaps orientalis Bhattacharyya, 1968).

TYPE DEPOSITORY: not stated.

TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: Giza and Beni Suef, Upper Egypt, Egypt, from debris under Lantana camara, citrus and grapes [Plantae: Verbenaceae, Vitaceae and Rutaceae].

NOTE: the specific name holoventris refers to the holoventral shield of the adult male of this species (R. Abo- Shnaf and G.J. de Moraes, personal observations).