TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - A contribution to the knowledge of the South Pacific Pterygosomatidae VL - 28 IS - 3 SP - 241 EP - 250 PY - 1987 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Bertrand, M. AU - Ineich, I. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2591 DA - 1987-10-30 KW - Pterygosomatidae KW - Geckobia KW - Geckonidae KW - pacific ocean AB - Three parasitic species are described from Geckonidae. G. gehyrae Hirst, 1926 from Vanua Lava parasite on Gehyra oceanica; G. crassipes n. sp. on G. vorax and G. gibbonsi n. sp., first parasitic species of the genus Lepidodactylus from an endemie early discovered species living in Eua Island (Tonga). Details are given of the evolution of the structure and chetotaxie according to parasitic adaptations (parasitomorphoses) in the genus. ER -