EEB Invertebrate Collection Database

INVERTEBRATE SPECIMEN DETAILS

INV-5395 Proctolaelaps contumex OConner, Colwell & Naeem, 1991

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TAXON ID

Accession No.	INV-5395
Genus	Proctolaelaps
Species	contumex
Authority	OConner, Colwell & Naeem, 1991
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Subclass	Acari
Order	Mesostigmata
Suborder
Superfamily
Family	Melicharidae
Subfamily
Tribe
Original Collection	Colwell Mites
Original Collection No.
Other No.	T245:1
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	No
Mixed Lot	No
Mixed Lot Taxa
Quantity
Verbatim Label Text	Ex T245:1/ Costus/ cylindricus/ Andrews Trace/ Trinidad/ RK Colwell et al 28II1979 [left label]; [male sign] P.C./ poor [right label]
Citation
Deposited By	Robert K. Colwell
Identified By
Location in Collection	Dry Room
Condition	good
Specimen Notes	poor

LOCALITY

Country	Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
Primary Subdivision (State/Province)
Secondary Subdivision (Region/County/Parish)
Municipality (City/Town)	Carapichaima
Body of Water
Locality Details	Andrews Trace
Coordinates
Elevation
Locality Notes

COLLECTION EVENT INFORMATION

Collection Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	1979-03-28
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	cylindricus
Site in/on Host
Host Collection No.
Host Notes

RECORD DATA

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Action	User Name
2022-04-01	Created	K. Menard
2025-12-29	Modified	K. Menard

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