Copidognathus eblingi Chatterjee 1991
- Dataset
- An annotated checklist of halacarid mites (Acari, Halacaridae) from India
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Trombidiformes
- family
- Halacaridae
- genus
- Copidognathus
- species
- Copidognathus eblingi
distribution
Distribution. ITE — India (Andaman & Nicobar Islands). Reamrks. Copidognathus eblingi belong to a natural group which contains species: C. punctatissimus (Gimbel, 1919) from eastern United States (Gimbel 1919; Newell 1947), C. dentatus Viets, 1940 from northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea (Viets 1940; Durucan 2019), C. dentipes Bartsch, 1989 from Hawaiian Islands (Bartsch 1989), C. eblingi from Andaman Islands, India (Bay of Bengal) (Chatterjee 1991 a; Chatterjee & Annapurna 2003), Copidognathus jejuensis Chatterjee & Chang, 2004 from South Korea (Chatterjee & Chang 2004, 2006), Copidognathus mumbaiensis Chatterjee & Chang, 2004 from Mumbai, India (Chatterjee & Chang 2004), Copidognathus pesident Bartsch, 1992 from Society Island (Bartsch 1992), Copidognathus tupinamborum Pepato & Tiago, 2005 from Brazil (Pepato & Tiago 2005). Some of these very closely related species share very similar morphological characters, and require detailed study and molecular sequence for being validated.
distribution
Records from India. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS: Ross Island, among algae Acetabularia sp. — Chatterjee (1991 a), Chatterjee & Annapurna (2003).