Pimeliaphilus insignis

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
Subfamilia: Pimeliaphilinae
Genus: Pimeliaphilus
Species: Pimeliaphilus insignis

Name

Pimeliaphilus insignis (Berlese, 1892: 64)

Holotype: Berlese Collection (42/10–11), Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Firenze, Italy (André 1961; Jack & Girot 1965).

Type locality: Portici, Italy; ex. Tarentola mauritanica, ITALY, FRANCE, MOROCCO and ALGERIA (Cunliffe 1952; Andr 1961; Jack & Girot 1965). ex. Hemidactylus turcicus, SPAIN (Baker 1998) (Table 4).

Mentions

Geckobia insignis Berlese, 1892: 64.
Pimeliaphilus insignis Trägårdh, 1905: 40; Hirst 1926: 199; Radford 1943: 71.
Pimeliaphiloides insignis Vitzthum, 1942: 613; Radford 1950: 377.
Hirstiella insignis Cunliffe, 1952: 164.
Pimeliaphilus insignis Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012

References

Berlese, A., 1892: Ordo Prostigmata (Trombidiidae). Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, 60: 1–155.

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.