| a new species of pentastomida infecting tropidurus hispidus (squamata: tropiduridae) from caatinga in northeastern brazil. | this article describes a new species of brazilian raillietiella sambon, 1910 from lungs of tropidurus hispidus (spix, 1825). between july and october 2005 eighteen specimens of t. hispidus were actively captured with elastic rubber slings in granite outcrops (lajeiros) (06 degrees 59' s and 39 degrees 31' w) from caatinga formations in the municipality of farias brito, state of ceará, northeastern brazil. one female and one male of t. hispidus had lungs infected by raillietiella mottae sp. nov. ... | 2008 | 18470398 |