Bertrandiella otophila

Taxonavigation

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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 otophila

Name

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  • Bertrandiella otophila (Hunter & Loomis, 1966: 683)
Holotype: CSULB [Chigger Research Collection at California State University, Long Beach, California, USA], ♀.
Type locality: Barstow, San Bernardino Co., California, USA; ex. Coleonyx variegatus (Baird).

Mentions

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  • Hirstiella otophila Hunter & Loomis, 1966: 683
  • Bertrandiella otophila Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012

References

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  • Hunter, W. & Loomis, R., 1966: A new species of mite, genus Hirstiella (Acarina: Pterygosomidae) from the banded gecko, Coleonyx variegates, of Western North America. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 39: 681–687.

  • 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