Laelaps (mite)

Laelaps is a  common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:
 Laelaps acuminata – OecomysFurman, 1972, p. 20
 Laelaps agilis – RattusWhitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10
 Laelaps alaskensis – Blarina, Dicrostonyx, Lemmiscus, Lemmus, Microtus, Mustela, Myodes, Myotis, Napaeozapus, Ochrotomys, Ondatra, Onychomys, Parascalops, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Poliocitellus, Sorex, Synaptomys, ThomomysWhitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20
 Laelaps boultoni – Neacomys, Sigmodon, Oligoryzomys, Oecomys, Heteromys
 Laelaps castroi – Oligoryzomys
 Laelaps clethrionomydis – Microtus,Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20 Myodes
 Laelaps conula – Rhipidomys
 Laelaps crinigera – Oryzomyini
 Laelaps dearmasi – Zygodontomys
 Laelaps differens
 Laelaps echidnina  – Rattus,Furman, 1972, p. 19 Didelphis, Sigmodon, Mus, Peromyscus, Sylvilagus
 Laelaps evansi – Neofiber
 Laelaps exceptionalis – "wild rat"
 Laelaps flexa – Microryzomys
 Laelaps giganteus – LemniscomysStanley et al., 2007, p. 70
 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 – MusStanley et al., 2007, p. 71
 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, ProcyonWhitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
 Laelaps muricola – Mastomys
 Laelaps muris – Microtus, Ondatra
 Laelaps navasi – Oryzomyini
 Laelaps nuttalli – Mus, Ochrotomys, Peromyscus, Rattus, SciurusWhitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
 Laelaps ovata – Nephelomys
 Laelaps paulistanensis – Rhipidomys, Oryzomyini
 Laelaps pilifer – Oryzomyini
 Laelaps spicata – Oryzomyini
 Laelaps stupkai – Synaptomys
 Laelaps surcomata – RhipidomysFurman, 1972, p. 18
 Laelaps thori

 References 

 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.

Category:Parasites
Category:Arachnids