Classification:

Subfamily: Amblyseiinae

Tribe: Amblyseiini

Subtribe: Proprioseiopsina

Genus: Proprioseiopsis

Species: Proprioseiopsis sexsetosus

 
Holotype:

Proprioseiopsis sexsetosus (Fox, 1949): 39; San Juan, Santurce, Puerto Rico, on Rattus norvegicus.

 
Synonyms:
Suspected senior synonym of: Proprioseiopsis tubulus (Muma)  — Denmark & Muma (1975);
 
Other Names:
Borinquolaelaps sexsetosus (original designation) — Fox (1949)
Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) sexsetosus  — Chant (1959b)
 
Distribution:
PUERTO RICO: Fox (1949);
 
Hosts / Substrates (Holotype):
Substrate: Rattus norvegicus (rodent) — Fox (1949);
 
Catalog: Denmark & Muma (1975); Moraes et al. (1986); Moraes et al. (2004a); Prasad (2012);
Redescription: Chant & McMurtry (2007);
 
Notes:
- Species dubia — Chant (1959b).;
 

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