A New Species of the Genus Hirstiella (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) Parasitic on Phyllodactylus bordai (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Mexico

Ricardo Paredes-León; Juan B. Morales-Malacara

doi:10.1603/033.046.0305

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Ricardo Paredes-León,^1,2 Juan B. Morales-Malacara^1,3,2,*

¹1Laboratorio de Acarología, Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Na
²Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional
³2Additional address: Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Un

^*Corresponding author, e-mail: jbmm@hp.fciencias.unam,mx.

Abstract

Hirstiella jimenezi new species is described from specimens found on the gecko Phyllodactylus bordai Taylor in the southern part of Mexico and also recorded from a single specimen of P. tuberculosus magnus Taylor. The female, male, deutonymph, and larva are described and illustrated. This is the first finding of Pterygosomatid mites on hosts of this genus.

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Ricardo Paredes-León and Juan B. Morales-Malacara "A New Species of the Genus Hirstiella (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) Parasitic on Phyllodactylus bordai (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Mexico," Journal of Medical Entomology 46(3), 442-450, (1 May 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0305

Received: 3 December 2008; Accepted: 1 March 2009; Published: 1 May 2009