“…In Brazil, except from one review and a few phylogenetic studies (Rego, 1984;Almeida and Christoffersen, 1999;2002), research on these animals has been restricted to their occurrence and descriptions of new species (Motta, 1963a, b;Motta and Gomes, 1968;Rego, 1983;Almeida et al, 2006a,b;Almeida et al 2008b;Dias et al, 2005;Anjos et al, 2005). Also, only the pentastomid species Raillietiella freitasi (Motta and Gomes, 1968) was described as parasitizing the lungs of Mabuya punctata (Spix, 1825), a lizard of the Fernando de Noronha Island (Motta and Gomes, 1968).…”