EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-4345 Proctolaelaps belemensis Fain, Hyland & Aitken, 1977

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-4345
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.	80-1256
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
Specimen Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot	Yes
Mixed Lot Taxa	two species included; Rhinoseius sp. and Proctolaelaps belemensis
Quantity	2
Verbatim Label Text	PANAMA: Pipeline road near/ Gamboa, 30-VIII-1980/ Ex Heliconia vaginalis/ coll. W. J. Kress/ 80-1256 [left label]; blem/ Procto [female sign]/ Rhino [female sign][right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes

LOCALITY

Country	Panama
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)	Canal Zone
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Gamboa
Body of Water
Locality Details	Gamboa, pipeline road near
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1980-08-30
Collected By	W. J. Kress
Collection Method
Collection Event Notes

HOST DATA

Host Type	Plant
Phylum	Angiospermophyta
Class
Order	Zingiberales
Family	Heliconiaceae
Genus	Heliconia
Species	vaginalis
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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