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. © 2009 Entomological Society of America.
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Paredes-LEÓN, R., & Morales-Malacara, J. B. (2009). 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. https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0305
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