Geckobia, Megnin, 1878

Bertrand, M., Pfliegler, W. P. & Sciberras, A., 2012, Does The African Native Host Explain The African Origin Of The Parasite? The Maltese Geckobia Estherae N. Sp. Parasitic On Tarentola Mauritanica (Acari: Raphignathoidea: Pterygosomatidae), Acarologia 52 (4), pp. 353-366 : 363

Key 2: genus Geckobia . Key to the main groups of species and to the major species of the Mediterranean Region ( Jack 1964, Bertrand et al. 2008 updated)

1. Five tibial setae on PI, PII, PIII, PIV............ 2

— Only four tibial setae at PI, PII & PIII...........