Geckobiella boneti (Cunliffe)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.282509 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6178809 |
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Geckobiella boneti (Cunliffe) |
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comb. nov. |
Geckobiella boneti (Cunliffe) new combination
Hirstiella boneti Cunliffe, 1952: 166 .
Diagnosis. Female. Prodorsal shield pentagonal with 2 pairs of setae (vi and sci) ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 C); with long dorsal body setae that extend to bases of next row.
Male. Similar to female but without dorsal shield; palpal femur with short, almost conical seta d; genua IV with enlarged, spinelike ventral seta ( Cunliffe 1952).
Type. Female HOLOTYPE ( USNMC 1859), 4 female, 1 male PARATYPES ( USNMC).
Type locality. Unknown.
Type host. Ctenosaura acanthura (Shaw) (cited as C. multispinis by Cunliffe 1952).
Material examined. Female HOLOTYPE and 1 female, 1 male PARATYPES ex Ctenosaura acanthura (cited as C. multispinis ), 22 November 1923, coll. P. Spong ( USNMC). 2 females, 1 male, 6 deutonymphs, 2 larvae ex iguana (undetermined but probably Ctenosaura pectinata based on geographic distribution), MEXICO, Morelos, Coatetelco, 15 April 1949, coll. W. G. Downs ( CNAC 006996–007006).
Remarks. This species appears to be a specific ectoparasite of Iguanidae lizards (see Table 2 View TABLE 2 ). The host type was a specimen of Ctenosaura multispinis in the College Reptile Collection, Wayne, Nebr. The type locality of C. multispinis (now C. acanthura ) is Dondomingovillo (sic), Oaxaca, Mexico ( Uetz et al. 2007). The specimens from Morelos correspond to the collection of Geckobiella texana mentioned by Hoffmann (1969), however the original label says: “ex Iguana ”. This does not necessarily imply that the host is Iguana sp. Based on geographic distribution the host is most likely Ctenosaura pectinata instead of Iguana iguana (Reynoso pers. comm.).
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Geckobiella boneti (Cunliffe)
Paredes-León, Ricardo, Klompen, Hans & Pérez, Tila M. 2012 |
Hirstiella boneti
Cunliffe 1952: 166 |