A systematic revision of the genus Neopterygosoma Fajfer, 2019 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae) with the description of a
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A systematic revision of the genus Neopterygosoma Fajfer, 2019 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae) with the description of a new species Monika Fajfer
Received: 21 February 2020 / Accepted: 13 September 2020 The Author(s) 2020
Abstract A systematic revision of the scale mites of the genus Neopterygosoma Fajfer, 2019 (Acariformes: Pterygosomatidae) formerly placed in the genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849, is presented. Two new natural species groups are established: the chilensis group for species found on Chilean liolaemid lizards (Sauria: Liolaemidae) and the patagonica group for N. patagonica (Dittmar de la Cruz, Morando & Avila, 2004) found on several Liolaemus spp. from Argentina. A neotype of N. patagonica is designated. A leg chaetotaxy model for tarsi-coxae I–IV is proposed for the genus. A key to all species of Neopterygosoma is provided and a full list of Neopterygosoma spp. with their updated host associations and distribution data is compiled. Additionally, a new species, N. schroederi n. sp. found on Liolaemus schroederi Mu¨ller & Hellmich, is described, including for the first time,
This article was registered in the Official Register of Zoological Nomenclature (ZooBank) as urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03F799C8-82C3-4478-BCC7DE87E9E716ED. This article was published as an Online First article on the online publication date shown on this page. The article should be cited by using the doi number. This is the Version of Record. M. Fajfer (&) Department of Molecular Biology, Genetics and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Wo´ycickiego 1/3, 01–938 Warsaw, Poland e-mail: [email protected]
description and illustrations of the immature stages of a species of Neopterygosoma.
Introduction The family Pterygosomatidae is represented by highly specific ectoparasites of lizards (Sauria) distributed throughout the world, except for Antarctica. Mites of the genus Pimeliaphilus Tra¨ga˚rdh, 1905 are only found on terrestrial arthropods (Paredes-Leo´n et al., 2012) and Geckobia enigmatica Bertrand & Pedrono, 1999 is found on tortoises (Testudines: Testudinae) (Bertrand & Pedrono, 1999). Mites of the genus Neopterygosoma Fajfer, 2019 are associated with lizards of the genus Liolaemus (Sauria: Liolaemidae), and until recently they were placed in the genus Pterygosoma Peters, 1849 (see Fajfer & Gonza´lez-Acun˜a, 2013). In 2019, Fajfer reconstructed the phylogeny of the genus Pterygosoma based on the external morphology of the species using modern phylogeny methods (i.e. maximum parsimony and implied weighting) (Fajfer, 2019). As a result, the new genus Neopterygosoma was created for mites associated with South American lizards (Liolaemidae: Liolaemus). Currently, the genus includes six monoxenous species found on Chilean liolaemids, and one oligoxenous species, N. patagonica Dittmar de la Cruz, Morando & Avila, 2004, observed on several Liolaemus spp. (see Fajfer &
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Gonza´lez-Acun˜a, 2013). Until now, all th
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