Pterygosoma foliosetis, Jack, 1961

Fajfer, Monika, 2020, A systematic revision of the scale mite genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae), Zootaxa 4805 (1), pp. 1-147 : 88

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4805.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC40DD5D-0408-4299-9B96-6E318D10035F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340988
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF2A23-FFAD-F86F-FF51-D33EFAADFC96
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pterygosoma foliosetis
status

Treatment

Group: foliosetis

Diagnosis. Palps not more than 4 times longer than wide. Antero-lateral setae numerous (39–139 pairs). Setae dm1 paddle-shaped. Setae dm3 absent. Peripheral setae paddle-shaped or leaf-like and arranged in 1 row. Genital series represented by 1 or 3 pairs of setae g. Pseudanal series represented by 4 or 6 pairs of obovate-shaped setae ps.

Included species. Pterygosoma blandfordi Fajfer 2016 and Pterygosoma foliosetis Jack, 1961 .

Distribution. These species are known only from Indian Subcontinent.

Host range. The mites are associated exclusively with lizards of the genus Psammophilus (Agamidae) .