Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis

Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Laelapidae
Genus: Gigantolaelaps
Species: G. mattogrossensis
Binomial name
Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
(Fonseca, 1935)
Synonyms [1]
  • Macrolaelaps mattogrossensis Fonseca, 1935
  • Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis: Fonseca, 1939
  • Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum Morlan, 1951

Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis is a mite from the Americas. It has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), black rat (Rattus rattus), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) in the United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas).[2] In Venezuela, it has been recorded from Holochilus brasiliensis, Sigmodon hirsutus, and Marmosa robinsoni.[1] In Argentina, it has been found on Scapteromys aquaticus, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Holochilus brasiliensis.[3] The North American form was first described as a separate species, Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum, and is still occasionally considered as such.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Furman, 1972, p. 12
  2. Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 6; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 17
  3. Nava et al., 2003, table I
  4. Carmichael et al., 2007, p. 80

Literature cited


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