Geckobiella stamii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterygosomatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Trombidiformes Subordo: Prostigmata Cohort: Anystina Superfamilia: Pterygosomatoidea

Familia: Pterygosomatidae
Genus: Geckobiella
Species: Geckobiella stamii

Name

• Geckobiella stamii (Jack, 1961: 311)

Holotype: BMNH, ♀, coll. A. B. Stam.

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

Type host: Iguana iguana (Linnaeus).

Mentions

• Hirstiella stamii Jack, 1961: 311.
• Geckobiella stamii Paredes-León, Klompen & Pérez, 2012: 11

References

• Jack, K.M., 1961: A re-examination of the genera Pimeliaphilus Trägårdh 1905 and Hirstiella Berlese 1920 (Acari; Prostigmata). Annals and magazine of natural history, 4: 305–314.

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• Paredes-León, R.; Klompen, H.; Pérez, T.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: 1–40. Preview PDF Reference page.