Proctolaelaps lewisi (Garman & McGregor, 1956)

Garmania lewisi Garman & McGregor, 1956: 7 .

Garmania lewisi .—McGregor, 1956: 7.

Proctolaelaps (Proctolaelaps) lewisi .— Evans, 1958a: 226.

Garmania garmanis McGregor, 1956: 7 (Synonymy with P. (P.) lewisi by Chant in Evans, 1958a: 226; Halliday et al., 1998: 32).

Proctolaelaps garmanis .—Halliday et al., 1998: 32.

Garmania utahensis Chant, 1958: 389 (Synonymy with P. lewisi by Halliday et al., 1998: 32).

Proctolaelaps utahensis .— Chant, 1963: 267.

Proctolaelaps (Proctolaelaps) utahensis .—Karg, 1985: 197; 1988a: 450; Farrier & Hennessey, 1993: 46.

TYPE DEPOSITORY: of G. lewisi: Los Angeles Country Museum, California, USA; accession number 8-21-54; of G. garmanis: not stated; of G. utahensis: United States National Museum, Washington DC, USA. TYPE LOCALITY AND HABITAT: of G. lewisi: Irvine, California, USA, on orange [Plantae: Rutaceae]; of G. garmanis: Piru, California, USA, on orange [Plantae: Rutaceae]; of G. utahensis: Farmington, Utah, USA, on decayed tomato [Plantae: Solanaceae] fruits.

NOTES: (a) Lindquist & Hunter (1965: 18) suspected G. lewisi to be a senior synonym of Garmania bickleyi Bram; (b) Chant (1963: 269), Karg (1985: 192, 1988a: 448) and Farrier & Hennessey (1993: 42) considered P. lewisi and P. garmanis to be conspecific with G. bickleyi . We adopted the interpretation of Halliday et al. (1998: 32), considering the first two species to be conspecific but different from G. bickleyi .