Bertrandiella Paredes-León, Klompen and Pérez

Paredes-León, Ricardo, Klompen, Hans & Pérez, Tila M., 2012, Systematic revision of the genera Geckobiella Hirst, 1917 and Hirstiella Berlese, 1920 (Acari: Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) with description of a new genus for American species parasites on geckos formerly placed in Hirstiella, Zootaxa 3510, pp. 1-40 : 22

Key to females of Bertrandiella Paredes-León, Klompen and Pérez gen. nov.

(female not known for B. tenuipes )

1. Solenidion ω 2 on tarsus I slightly shorter than companion seta (ft); triangular prodorsal shield with posterior end bluntly pointed..................................................................................... B. otophila

-. Solenidion ω 2 on tarsus I clearly longer than ft; triangular prodorsal shield with an acute posterior end................. 2

2. Femur IV complete, undivided.................................................................. B. jimenezi

-. Femur IV with an apparent division into two non-articulating segments ( Fig. 6 )................ B. chamelaensis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Bertrandiella chamelaensis sp. nov., female, legs I – IV (trochanters-tarsi). Scale bars 50 µm.