Laelaps (mite)

***Laelaps*** is a  common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:
- _Laelaps acuminata_ – _Oecomys_
- _Laelaps agilis_ – _Rattus_
- _Laelaps alaskensis_ – _Blarina_, _Dicrostonyx_, _Lemmiscus_, _Lemmus_, _Microtus_, _Mustela_, _Myodes_, _Myotis_, _Napaeozapus_, _Ochrotomys_, _Ondatra_, _Onychomys_, _Parascalops_, _Peromyscus_, _Phenacomys_, _Poliocitellus_, _Sorex_, _Synaptomys_, _Thomomys_
- _Laelaps boultoni_ – _Neacomys_, _Sigmodon_, _Oligoryzomys_, _Oecomys_, _Heteromys_
- _Laelaps castroi_ – _Oligoryzomys_
- _Laelaps clethrionomydis_ – _Microtus_, _Myodes_
- _Laelaps conula_ – _Rhipidomys_
- _Laelaps crinigera_ – Oryzomyini
- _Laelaps dearmasi_ – _Zygodontomys_
- _Laelaps differens_
- _Laelaps echidnina_  – _Rattus_, _Didelphis_, _Sigmodon_, _Mus_, _Peromyscus_, _Sylvilagus_
- _Laelaps evansi_ – _Neofiber_
- _Laelaps exceptionalis_ – "wild rat"
- _Laelaps flexa_ – _Microryzomys_
- _Laelaps giganteus_ – _Lemniscomys_
- _Laelaps incilis_ – _Microtus_, _Neotamias_, _Peromyscus_
- _Laelaps kochi_ – _Blarina_, _Corynorhinus_, _Dicrostonyx_, _Dipodomys_, _Glaucomys_, _Microtus_, _Mustela_, _Myodes_, _Napaeozapus_, _Neotamias_, _Neovison_, _Neurotrichus_, _Ondatra_, _Peromyscus_, _Phenacomys_, _Sigmodon_, _Sorex_, _Synaptomys_, _Tamias_, _Zapus_
- _Laelaps lavieri_ – _Mus_
- _Laelaps lemmi_ – _Lemmus_
- _Laelaps liberiensis_ – _Mastomys_
- _Laelaps manguinhosi_ – _Holochilus_, _Nectomys_, _Neusticomys_, and various other mammals
- _Laelaps mazzai_ – _Calomys_, _Oligoryzomys_
- _Laelaps multispinosa_ – _Castor_, _Didelphis_, _Microtus_, _Mustela_, _Neovison_, _Ondatra_, _Peromyscus_, _Procyon_
- _Laelaps muricola_ – _Mastomys_
- _Laelaps muris_ – _Microtus_, _Ondatra_
- _Laelaps navasi_ – Oryzomyini
- _Laelaps nuttalli_ – _Mus_, _Ochrotomys_, _Peromyscus_, _Rattus_, _Sciurus_
- _Laelaps ovata_ – _Nephelomys_
- _Laelaps paulistanensis_ – _Rhipidomys_, Oryzomyini
- _Laelaps pilifer_ – Oryzomyini
- _Laelaps spicata_ – Oryzomyini
- _Laelaps stupkai_ – _Synaptomys_
- _Laelaps surcomata_ – _Rhipidomys_
- _Laelaps thori_

## Literature cited

- Furman, D.P. 1972. Laelapid mites (Laelapidae: Laelapinae) from Venezuela. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 17(3):1–58.
- Morlan, H.B. 1952. Host relationships and seasonal abundance of some Southwest Georgia ectoparasites (subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 48(1):74–93.
- Stanley, W.T., Rogers, M.A., Senzota, R.B.M., Mturi, F.A., Kihaule, P.M., Moehlman, P.D. and O'Connor, B.M. 2007. Surveys of small mammals in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Journal of East African Natural History 96(1):47–71.
- Whitaker, J.O. and Wilson, N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 91(1):1–67.
- Whitaker, J.O., Walters, B.L., Castor, L.K., Ritzi, C.M. and Wilson, N. 2007. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico: records since 1974. Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1:1–173.
- Worth, C.B. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326–335.