Gigantolaelaps

Gigantolaelaps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
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

References

  1. 1 2 Carmichael et al., 2007, p. 80
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Furman, 1972, p. 4
  3. Estébanes-González and Cervantes, 2005, p. 27
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Furman, 1972, p. 3
  5. Furman, 1972, p. 9
  6. Furman, 1972, p. 16

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