Geckobiella texana

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 texana

Name

• Geckobiella texana (Banks, 1904: 22)

Holotype: Depository unknown.

Type locality: Travis Co., Texas, USA.

Type host: Sceloporus olivaceus Smith (recorded as S. floridanus by Banks, 1904).

Mentions

• Geckobia texana Banks, 1904: 22; 1906: 134.
• Pterygosoma texana Banks, 1915: 31.
• Geckobiella texana Hirst, 1917: 138; 1926: 199; Radford 1943: 71; 1950: 377; Lawrence 1953: 15; Lane 1954: 94; Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012: 8.

References

• Banks, N., 1904: A treatise on the Acarina, or mites. PProceedings of the United States National Museum, 28: 1–114.

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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.