EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-4235 Proctolaelaps belemensis Fain, Hyland & Aitken, 1977

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-4235
Genus	Proctolaelaps
Species	belemensis
Authority	Fain, Hyland & Aitken, 1977
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Melicharidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	89-18
Endangered	No
CITES Listed	No
Source of Accepted Name
Taxon ID Notes

SPECIMEN ATTRIBUTES

Type Specimen	No
Kind	Slide
Slide No.
Preservation	Hoyer's
Preparation Notes
Molecular Voucher	No
Life Cycle Stage
Sex	Female
Specimen Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity	5
Verbatim Label Text	COSTA RICA: Heredia/ Sarapiqui, La Selva/ Ex: Costus laevis/ 89-18/ 11-I-1989/ R. Colwell [left label]; Proctolaelaps/ belemensis/ Fain et al., 1977 [female sign] [right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Costa Rica
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Heredia
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)	Sarapiquí
Municipality (City/Town)	La Selva
Body of Water
Locality Details	Biological Station La Selva
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1989-01-11
Collected By	Robert K. Colwell
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

HOST DATA

Host Type	Plant
Phylum	Angiospermophyta
Class
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Costaceae
Genus	Costus
Species	laevis
Site in/on Host
Host Collection No.
Host Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2025-09-18	Modified	K. Menard

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