Bertrandiella tenuipes

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 tenuipes

Name

• Bertrandiella tenuipes (Hirst, 1917: 142)

Holotype: BM(NH).

Type locality: Honda, Magdalene River, Colombia; ex. Gonatodes albogularis (Duméril & Bibrón).

Mentions

• Pimeliaphilus tenuipes Hirst, 1917: 142; Hirst 1926: 197; Radford 1943: 71.
• Pimeliaphiloides tenuipes Vitzthum, 1942: 613.
• Hirstiella tenuipes Cunliffe, 1952: 169.
• Bertrandiella tenuipes Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012

References

• Hirst, A.S., 1917: On some new mites living on lizards. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8: 136–143.

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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.