Laelaps (mite)

Laelaps
Laelaps hilaris drawn by Oudemans.
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Laelaps

Koch, 1836
Type species
Laelaps agilis
Koch, 1836
Species

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Laelaps is a genus of common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:

Unnamed or unidentified species have been reported on Gerbilliscus robustus and Acomys wilsoni in Tanzania[8] and on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.[12]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Furman, 1972, p. 20
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10
  3. ^ a b Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Furman, 1972, p. 19
  5. ^ a b c Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20
  6. ^ a b c d e Furman, 1972, p. 18
  7. ^ For use of specific binomen L. giganteus in scientific literature, see:
    • Zumpt & Till, 1958;
    • Strandtman & Mitchell (1963);
    • Matthee, Horak, et al. (2007);
    • Nazarizadeh, Martinů, et al. (2022)
  8. ^ a b c d Stanley et al., 2007, p. 70
  9. ^ Stanley et al., 2007, p. 71
  10. ^ Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
  11. ^ a b Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
  12. ^ Worth, 1950, p. 330; Morlan, 1952, table 2