Biology:Laelaps manguinhosi

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Short description: Species of mite

Laelaps manguinhosi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Laelapidae
Genus: Laelaps
Species:
L. manguinhosi
Binomial name
Laelaps manguinhosi
Fonseca, 1936[Note 1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Laelaps oryzomydis Pratt and Lane, 1953

Laelaps manguinhosi is a species of parasitic mite in the family Laelapidae. In the United States, it has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida, Texas , and South Carolina.[1] Other recorded hosts include the sigmodontine rodents Scapteromys aquaticus, Akodon azarae, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Holochilus brasiliensis in Argentina[2] and Oryzomys couesi and Handleyomys melanotis in Mexico.[3] In Venezuela, it mainly infects the oryzomyines Holochilus sciureus and Nectomys, but it has also been recorded on a variety of other mammals and even on a bird.[4] A separate subspecies, Laelaps manguinhosi calvescens, has been described from the ichthyomyine rodent Neusticomys venezuelae.[5]

See also

  • List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

Notes

  1. As given by Furman (1972, p. 23) and Whitaker and Wilson (1974, p. 10). Nava et al. (2003, p. 2) give 1935.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10
  2. Nava et al., 2003, table 1
  3. Estébanes-González et al., 2011, table 1
  4. Furman, 1972, p. 23
  5. Furman, 1972, p. 24

Literature cited

Wikidata ☰ Q6470887 entry