Geckobiella pelaezi

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 pelaezi

Name

• Geckobiella pelaezi (Cunliffe, 1949: 25)

Holotype: USNMC 1850, ♀, 14 June 1948.

Type locality: México, Distrito Federal.

Type host: Sceloporus torquatus Wiegmann (recorded originally as Sceloporus ferrari-perezi by Cunliffe, 1952).

Mentions

• Hirstiella pelaezi Cunliffe, 1949: 25.
• Geckobiella pelaezi Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012: 9.

References

• Cunliffe, F., 1949a: Hirstiella pelaezi, a new lizard parasite from Mexico (Acarina, Pterygosomidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 51, 25–26.

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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.