Pimeliaphilus insignis (Berlese)

Paredes-León, Ricardo, Klompen, Hans & Pérez, Tila 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, pp. 1-40 : 25-26

Pimeliaphilus insignis (Berlese)

Geckobia insignis Berlese, 1892: 64 .

Pimeliaphilus insignis Trägårdh, 1905: 40 ; Hirst 1926: 199; Radford 1943: 71. Pimeliaphiloides insignis Vitzthum, 1942: 613 ; Radford 1950: 377. Hirstiella insignis Cunliffe, 1952: 164 .

Type. Berlese Collection (42/10–11), Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria, Firenze, Italy (André 1961; Jack & Girot 1965).

Type locality. Portici, Italy.

Type host. Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus) (cited originally as Platydactylus muralis, Cunliffe 1952 and Jack & Girot 1965).

Distribution. ex Tarentola mauritanica , ITALY, FRANCE, MOROCCO and ALGERIA ( Cunliffe 1952; Andr 1961; Jack & Girot 1965). ex Hemidactylus turcicus , SPAIN ( Baker 1998) ( Table 4 ).

Material examined. 1 female ex undetermined gecko, IRAQ, south, coll. J. Robson (BM(NH)).

Remarks. According to Jack (1964) this species has all the five setae on femur II however the examined specimen from Iraq lacked seta l”. In the latter specimen it is also difficult to see whether both p’ and p” are present. The specimen from Iraq has the same three setae, d, l’ and v’, on genua III as mentioned by Jack and Girot (1965) instead of d, l’ and l” sensu Jack (1964). It also has solenidion ω on tarsus III (mentioned as absent by Jack 1964 and Jack & Girot 1965). Setae a’ and a” are very difficult to see. Additional data included in the phylogenetic analysis were obtained from André (1961), Jack (1964) and Jack and Girot (1965).