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Geckobiella texana Banks

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Geckobiella texana (Banks)

Geckobia texana Banks, 1904: 22; 1906: 134.

Pterygosoma texana Banks, 1915: 31.

Geckobiella texana Hirst, 1917: 138; 1926: 199; Radford 1943: 71; 1950: 377; Lawrence 1953: 15; Lane 1954: 94.

Diagnosis. Adults. With many short plumose or peripectinate (club-like) setae present on dorsum and sides; not arranged in transverse rows; prodorsal shield absent; eyes not on platelets associated with setae (Lane 1954; Jack 1964).

Female. Seta v” on genua II present; setae vs” of tarsi II–IV present.

Type. Depository unknown.

Type locality. Travis Co., Texas, USA.

Type host. Sceloporus olivaceus Smith (recorded as S. floridanus by Banks 1904).

Material examined. 2 females, 2 males, 2 deutonymphs, 2 larvae ex Sceloporus sp., MEXICO, Durango (CNAC 006963–68).

Remarks. This species appears to be a specific ectoparasite of Phrynosomatidae lizards (see Table 2). The records on other hosts, such as Iguana iguana (Iguanidae) by Hoffmann (1969) or Coleonyx elegans (Eublepharidae) by Paredes-León et al. (2008) are considered accidental infestations.

Notes

Published as part of Paredes-León, Ricardo, Klompen, Hans & Pérez, Tila M., 2012, Systematic revision of the genera Geckobiella Hirst, 1917 and Hirstiella Berlese, 1920 (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) with description of a new genus for American species parasites on geckos formerly placed in Hirstiella, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 3510 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282509

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Biodiversity

Family
Pterygosomatidae
Genus
Geckobiella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Prostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Banks
Species
texana
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Banks, N. (1904) A treatise on the Acarina, or mites. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 28, 1 - 114.
  • Hirst, A. S. (1917) On some new mites living on lizards. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8, 136 - 143.
  • Lawrence, R. (1953) Two new scale-mite parasites of lizards. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 103, 9 - 18.
  • Lane, J. E. (1954) A redescription of the American lizard mite, Geckobiella texana (Banks), 1904, with notes on systematics of the species (Acarina: Pterygosomidae). Journal of Parasitology, 40, 93 - 99.
  • Jack, K. M. (1964) Leg-chaetotaxy with special reference to the Pterygosomidae (Acarina). Annals of the Natal Museum, 16, 152 - 171.
  • Hoffmann, A. (1969) Acaros parasitos de batracios y reptiles en Mexico. Revista Latino Americana de Microbiologia y Parasitologia, 11, 209 - 216.