About two new species of Pterygosomatidae, ectoparasite of Gekkonidae - Relations between host and parasite distributions
1986 - Volume: 27 Issue: 2 pages: 141-149
Keywords
Pterygosomatidae
Geckobia
Gekkonidae
Polynesia
insularity
neoteny
calyptostasic inhibition
Ectoparasites
Abstract
Sur deux nouvelles especes de pterygosomatidae ectoparasites de gekkonidae. Relations entre les distributions de l hote et du parasite - Authors describe two Pterygosomatid species Geckabia blanci n. sp. and Geckabia varaci n. sp., ectoparasitic mites of Gehyra aceanica and G. varax in French Polynesia and Vanuatu. The study of their distribution point out the Jacks in sorne populations of !izards, analysed as consequences of insularity. The ontogenetic cycle and the adaptative value of the calyptostasic inhibition as the neotenic character of the male are discussed.
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