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Issue: Vol. 2007 No. 1: 11 Feb. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2007.1.3
Page range: 58–68
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 36

A new species of Ophionyssus Mégnin (Acari: Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) parasitic on Lacerta schreiberi Bedriaga (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Iberian Peninsula, and a world key to species

Department of Zoology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Navarra, No. 177, Pamplona, 31080, Spain
Department of Biology, The University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, UK
INRA, UMR CBGP, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France
INRA, UMR CBGP, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez cedex, France CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485–661 Vairão, Portugal
Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
Acari Macronyssidae Ophionyssus schreibericolus parasitic mites Reptilia Lacertidae Lacerta schreiberi Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

A new species, Ophionyssus schreibericolus Moraza sp. nov. is described, based on adult females, males and protonymphal instars. Ophionyssus schreibericolus parasitizes Lacerta schreiberi, a lizard endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, and known to have persisted in refugial populations throughout the Pleistocene. A key to adult females, males and protonymphs of the genus Ophionyssus is presented. Ophionyssus viperae Miron & Ivan 2003 is synonymised with O. natricis (new synonymy).

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