Geckobiella texana (Banks)

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 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.282509
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6178803
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scientific name	Geckobiella texana (Banks)
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Geckobia texana Banks, 1904: 22 ; 1906: 134.

Pterygosoma texana Banks, 1915: 31 .

Geckobiella texana Hirst, 1917: 138 ; 1926: 199; Radford 1943: 71; 1950: 377; Lawrence 1953: 15; Lane 1954: 94.

Diagnosis. Adults. With many short plumose or peripectinate (club-like) setae present on dorsum and sides; not arranged in transverse rows; prodorsal shield absent; eyes not on platelets associated with setae ( Lane 1954; Jack 1964).

Female. Seta v” on genua II present; setae vs” of tarsi II–IV present.

Type. Depository unknown.

Type locality. Travis Co., Texas, USA.

Type host. Sceloporus olivaceus Smith (recorded as S. floridanus by Banks 1904).

Material examined. 2 females, 2 males, 2 deutonymphs, 2 larvae ex Sceloporus sp., MEXICO, Durango ( CNAC 006963–68).

Remarks. This species appears to be a specific ectoparasite of Phrynosomatidae lizards (see Table 2 View TABLE 2 ). The records on other hosts, such as Iguana iguana (Iguanidae) by Hoffmann (1969) or Coleonyx elegans (Eublepharidae) by Paredes-León et al. (2008) are considered accidental infestations.