Copidognathus sp.

Chatterjee, Tapas, 2022, An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India, Zootaxa 5141 (4), pp. 301-320 : 308

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D731000A-D126-461A-A050-8F5A6A46001E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6595956
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0A14F-FFCB-FFAE-61D0-FF40C7DEFE71
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Copidognathus sp.
status

Treatment

Copidognathus sp. (affinity to Copidognathus longispinus )

Records from India: ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Chatam Island (reported as Copidognathus longispinus Bartsch & Iliffe ), among algae Jania rubens — Chatterjee (1995b).

Remarks: This species is a member of Copidognathus gibbus group. Chatterjee (1995b) reported this species as Copidognathus longispinus Bartsch & Iliffe, 1985 . But the Fig. 1i View FIGURE 1 of leg IV of Chatterjee (1995b) show a ventral seta on telofemur which differ it from C. longispinus , whether this ventral seta is an artefact or really exists should be checked with newly collected specimens. This species at present kept here as Copidognathus sp. (affinity to Copidognathus longispinus ). Further investigation requires collecting specimens from Andaman and Nicobar Islands to know exact nature of this species.