A new species of pterygosomatid mite and its phylogenetic position within the genusGeckobiella(Acariformes: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae)

A redescription of Pterygosoma aegyptiaca Mostafa (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae), a little known ectoparasitic mite of spiny-tailed lizards (Squamata: Agamidae), with new morphological data for the Pterygosomatidae

“…In the majority of members whose chaetotaxy has been described, the setae on tarsi I are notated, from proximal to distal, fastigial, tectal, proral and iteral, whereas Grandjean describes the iterals as being between the tectals and prorals. Setae identified as prorals in pterygosomatids are always the only expanded pair (e.g., Bochkov et al 2009, Paredes-León & Guzmán-Cornejo 2015. This is supported by the present author observing a pair of expanded dorsodistal setae on the tarsi of an undetermined pterygosomatid larva (ex.…”

A description of the male of Geckobiella donnae Paredes-Leon, Klompen et Perez, 2012 (Acari: Pterygosomatidae) from captive iguanas in Honduras

“…For each leg the length was measured from the base of the coxal plate to the tip of the tarsus (excluding ambulacrum). Papers by Baker (1998), Cruz (1984), Cunliffe (1949Cunliffe ( , 1952, Jack (1961), Newell and Ryckman (1964), Paredes-León et al (2012), Paredes-León andGuzmán-Cornejo (2015) were used for the taxonomic study to compare the differences in features of known males of species of Geckobiella. Terminology follows Jack (1964), Norton (1977), later adapted by Bochkov and OʼConnor (2006), Krantz and Walter (2009), and Paredes- León et al (2012).…”

“…Pterygosomatids are widely distributed in the world, but the most of papers dealing with mites of the family Pterygosomatidae came from the New Word (Walter and Shaw 2002, Paredes-León and Morales-Malacara 2009, Murgas et al 2013, Quiroz-Gutiérrez et al 2015. Paredes-León et al (2012 and Paredes-León and Guzmán-Cornejo (2015) published the papers dealing with the family Pterygosomatidae and presented the complexity of the knowledge of the taxonomy, morphology, types of the hosts and of positions of different species within the genus Geckobiella Hirst, 1917. The genus Geckobiella comprises 12 species (Paredes-León and Guzmán-Cornejo 2015).…”

“…Paredes-León et al (2012 and Paredes-León and Guzmán-Cornejo (2015) published the papers dealing with the family Pterygosomatidae and presented the complexity of the knowledge of the taxonomy, morphology, types of the hosts and of positions of different species within the genus Geckobiella Hirst, 1917. The genus Geckobiella comprises 12 species (Paredes-León and Guzmán-Cornejo 2015). This paper brings the first description of the male of Geckobiella donnae Paredes-León, Klompen et Pérez, 2012 (see Paredes-León et al 2012).…”

“…Three other similar species, Geckobiella harrisi Davidson, 1958, Geckobiella texana (Banks, 1904 and Geckobiella variabilis Paredes-León et Guzmán-Cornejo, 2015(see Banks 1904, differ from the male of G. donnae by hypertrichous dorsal setation and by trochanter setal formula 1-1-1-1, while the dorsum of G. donnae is hypotrichous and trochanter setal formula is 1-1-1-0 (Paredes- León and Guzmán-Cornejo 2015). In two remaining species, Geckobiella pelaezi (Cunliffe, 1949) and Geckobiella trombidiformes Berlese, 1920, the males are unknown (Hoffmann and López-Campos 2000).…”