Bertrandiella chamelaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterygosomatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Superfamilia: Pterygosomatoidea

Familia: Pterygosomatidae
Genus: Bertrandiella
Species: Bertrandiella chamelaensis

Name

• Bertrandiella chamelaensis Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012: 20, figs. 5-6

Holotype: CNAC (007051–81), ♀.

Type locality: MEXICO, Jalisco, Mpio. La Huerta, Chamela, km 54 carr. Manzanillo–Puerto Vallarta, 19.45506° N, -105.03205° W, 15 m asl, 4 October 2010, coll. D. Barrales and R. Paredes-León (CNAC007051–81); ex Phyllodactylus lanei rupinus.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the collecting locality, the town of Chamela.

References

• Paredes-León, R.; Klompen, H.; Pérez, T.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. Zootaxa 3510: 1–40. Preview PDF Reference page.