New records of the mites Geckobia bataviensis Vitzthum, 1926 and Pterygosoma dracoensis Jack, 1962 (Trombidiformes: Pterygosomatidae) from Timor-Leste

Fernando de C. Jacinavicius; Ricardo Bassini-Silva; Fabrício H. Oda; Hinrich Kaiser

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec03041

Authors

Fernando de C. Jacinavicius 1Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5503-3120
Ricardo Bassini-Silva Laboratório de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, SP/Departamento de Patologia, Reprodução e Saúde Única, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias-UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9568-4120
Fabrício H. Oda 3Laboratório de Zoologia, Departamento de Química Biológica, Universidade Regional do Cariri, Crato, CE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-4762
Hinrich Kaiser Department of Biology, Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA/Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0001-9428

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec03041

Keywords:

Scale mites, ectoparasites, Hemidactylus frenatus, Hemiphyllodactylus typus, Draco timoriensis

Abstract

We report on the presence of scale mites (Trombidiformes: Pterygosomatidae) parasitizing three species of lizards in Timor-Leste. Geckobia bataviensis Vitzthum, 1926 was found associated with the Common House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus Duméril & Bibron, 1836, and the Indopacific Tree Gecko, Hemiphyllodactylus typus Bleeker, 1860, whereas Pterygosoma dracoensis Jack, 1962 was found on the patagia of a Timor Flying Dragon, Draco timoriensis Kuhl, 1820. The association of G. bataviensis with H. frenatus was well documented previously, but this is the first properly documented record of this mite for Timor-Leste. Our report of G. bataviensis on H. typus is the first association of this mite with this gecko. This is the second report of P. dracoensis on D. timoriensis and the first for Timor-Leste.

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