Geckobiella stamii (Jack)

Paredes-León, Ricardo, Klompen, Hans & Pérez, Tila 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, pp. 1-40 : 11

Geckobiella stamii (Jack) new combination

Hirstiella stamii Jack, 1961: 311 .

Diagnosis. Adults. Distinct prodorsal shield absent, area striated or ridged over its entire surface.

Female. Dorsal setae short, flattened, expanded and densely spiculate (club-like). Femur II without setae l’, l” and v’; genua II–IV without seta l’; femur III–IV without seta l’.

Male. Some dorsal setae short and spinous (club-like). Seta d of palpal femur very short and stout, forming a “five-pronged fork” ( Jack 1961).

Type. Female HOLOTYPE, male and larva PARATYPES (BM(NH)).

Type locality. Origin unknown, mites collected from captive iguanas in the Amsterdam Zoological Gardens, Netherlands.

Type host. Iguana iguana (Linnaeus) .

Material examined. Female HOLOTYPE ex captive Iguana iguana , coll. A. B. Stam (BM(NH)). 6 females, 9 males, 2 deutonymphs, 2 larvae ex Iguana iguana , MEXICO, Veracruz, coll. F. Olvera ( CNAC 007016–32). 1 male ex Iguana iguana , MEXICO, Campeche ( OSAL 0067360).

Remarks. This species appears to be a specific ectoparasite of Iguanidae lizards (see Table 2 ).