Bertrandiella otophila

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 otophila

Name

• 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

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

References

• 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.

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• 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.