Title
Two new species of the genus Geckobia Mégnin, 1878 (Acariformes, Prostigmata, Pterygosomatidae) from Peru
Date Issued
19 August 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Magnolia Press
Abstract
Two new species of Geckobia Mégnin, 1878, Geckobia andina n. sp. and Geckobia circumdata n. sp., ectoparasites commonly reported on geckos, are described from the host species Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus (Wiegmann). The specimens were collected in the subtropical region of the Andean Pacific of Peru. The geographic distribution of species of Geckobia in South America and the Caribbean are mapped. Furthermore, a dichotomous key for the species of New World Geckobia is provided.
Start page
333
End page
351
Volume
4657
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología
Biología del desarrollo
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85070941238
PubMed ID
Source
Zootaxa
ISSN of the container
11755326
Sponsor(s)
We thank Mário Gatti, curator of the Trichocomaceae Mycological Collection (IOC / Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro-Bra-zil) and Marcelo Pelajo Pathology Laboratory (IOC / Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil) for assigning the equipment used to capture the photos used as the basis for the scientific drawings. To the editor Owen Seeman for the dedication and analysis of this article, providing important suggestions and comments. To Michel Valim for his suggestions on the scientific drawings, and Ademar S. Ferreira for assisting in the study of the positioning and insertion of setae on the gnathosoma. To Erik Wild, for helping us with the English language.
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