Pterygosoma singularis, Jack, 1961

Fajfer, Monika, 2020, A systematic revision of the scale mite genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae), Zootaxa 4805 (1), pp. 1-147 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4805.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340986
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scientific name	Pterygosoma singularis
status

Treatment

Group: singularis

Diagnosis. Palps not more than 4 times longer than wide. Antero-lateral setae numerous (30–86 pairs). Setae dm1 filiform. Setae dm3 absent. All peripheral setae apically expanded and arranged in 1 row. One pair of genital setae g1 present. Pseudanal series represented by 1 or 5 pairs of paddle-shaped setae ps.

Included species. Pterygosoma phillipsi Jack, 1962 and Pterygosoma singularis Jack, 1961 .

Distribution. These species are known only from the eastern part of the Afrotropic ecozone.

Host range. The mites are associated with lizards of the genus Acanthocercus and Agama (Agamidae) .