Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal

Distribution : India : Andaman Islands.
Status : Information deficient.
Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests.
Distribution : India : Andaman Islands.
Status : Information deficient.
Ticks and Mites
Family : EUCHARIDAE
28. Kapaloides andamanensis Mani
Class : Arachnida
Order : Acari
The studies made on mites of the islands are very scanty. About 54 species of
acarine (Prostigmata : 29 species; Mesostigmata : 15 species and Metastigmata : 10
species) have been recorded from the Islands (Sanyal, 1998). The studies by Gupta (1980)
and Gupta and Ghosh (1980) revealed the occurrence of 10 species of mites belongs to
Prostigmata are endemic to the islands
Suborder : Prostigmata
Family : TETRANYCHIDAE
1. Aponychus sarjui Gupta
1980. Aponychus sarjui : Gupta, Rec.zool. Surv.India, 77(Parts 1-4) : 111.
Habitat : Type host : Bambusa sp..
Distribution : India : Andaman Islands.
Status : Information deficient.
2. Schizotertranychus mansoni Gupta
1980. Schizotertranychus mansoni : Gupta, Rec.zool. Surv.India, 77(Parts 1-4) : 113.
Habitat : Type host : Oryza sativa
Distribution : India : Andaman Islands.
Status : Information deficient.
3. Oligonychus manishi Gupta
1980. Oligonychus manishi : Gupta, Rec.zool. Surv.India, 77(Parts 1-4) : 115.
Habitat : Type host : Oryza sativa
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