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).