Geckobiella boneti

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: Geckobiella
Species: Geckobiella boneti

Name

• Geckobiella boneti (Cunliffe, 1952: 166)

Holotype: USNMC 1859, ♀, 22 November 1923, coll. P. Spong.

Type locality: Unknown.

Type host: Ctenosaura acanthura (Shaw) (cited as C. multispinis by Cunliffe, 1952).

Mentions

• Hirstiella boneti Cunliffe, 1952: 166.
• Geckobiella bakeri Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012: 10.

References

• Cunliffe, F., 1952: Biology of the cockroach parasite, Pimeliaphilus podapolipophagus Tragardh; with a discussion of the genera Pimeliaphilus and Hirstiella. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 54, 153–169.

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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.