Gigantolaelaps
Gigantolaelaps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Laelapidae |
Genus: | Gigantolaelaps Fonseca, 1939 |
Species | |
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Gigantolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae. It is found in the fur of cricetid rodents, most often from the tribe Oryzomyini, from South America north to the southern United States. They are large (>1 mm) and darkly colored and have a complex life cycle.[1]
Species[]
- [2]
- [2]
- [2]
- (from Peromyscus mexicanus, Handleyomys chapmani, Megadontomys cryophilus, Peromyscus melanocarpus, and Oryzomys couesi in Oaxaca;[3] includes G. tropedai)[4]
- (from Holochilus brasiliensis)[4]
- [2]
- (incertae sedis)[4]
- [2]
- [4] (includes G. strandtmanni)[5]
- [2]
- [2]
- [2]
- Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis[4] (includes G. cricetidarum)[1]
- (incertae sedis)[4]
- [2]
- [2]
- [2]
- [4]
- [2]
- [2] (includes G. bahiensis and G. bipilosus)[4]
- Fonseca, 1939[2] (includes G. butantanensis and G. comatus)[6]
References[]
Literature cited[]
- Carmichael, J.A., Strauss, R.E. and McIntyre, N.E. 2007. Seasonal variation of North American form of Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis (Acari: Laelapidae) on marsh rice rat in southern coastal Texas. Journal of Medical Entomology 44(1):80–84.
- Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005. Mites and ticks associated with some small mammals in Mexico (subscription required). International Journal of Acarology 31(1):23–37.
- Furman, D.P. 1972. Laelapid mites (Laelapidae: Laelapinae) from Venezuela. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 17(3):1–58.
Categories:
- Laelapidae
- Parasites of rodents
- Acari genera
- Laelapidae stubs