Pimeliaphilus sharifi Abdussalam

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 : 26

Pimeliaphilus sharifi Abdussalam

Pimeliaphilus sharifi Abdussalam, 1941: 69 ; Nagar 1978: 107 Hirstiella sharifi Jack, 1961: 310

Type. Unknown, probably at University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan (formerly Punjab Veterinary College).

Type locality. Not specified, central and southern Punjab (Hissar ( India) and Lahore (now Pakistan)).

Type host. Hemidactylus flaviviridis Rüppell.

Distribution. ex Hemidactylus flaviviridis , INDIA and PAKISTAN ( Abdussalam 1941; Nagar et al. 1978) ( Table 4 ).

Material examined. 1 deutonymph LECTOTYPE ex Hemidactylus flaviviridis , INDIA, Delhi, 15 April 1976, coll. Nagar (BM(NH)).

Remarks. Most of the data presented for this species were obtained from the literature ( Abdussalam 1941; Nagar et al. 1978). Some additional information was obtained by examination of a deutonymph (originally misidentified as a female) deposited at BM(NH) and labeled as lectotype by Nagar. Based on the data provided by Nagar et al. (1978) we suspect that their redescription of the female of this species was based on deutonymphs instead of females.