Oryzomysia oryzomys

Oryzomysia oryzomys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Sarcoptiformes
Family: Atopomelidae
Genus: Oryzomysia
Species: O. oryzomys
Binomial name
Oryzomysia oryzomys
(Rabeder, 1974)
Synonyms
  • Chirodiscoides oryzomys

Oryzomysia oryzomys is a parasitic mite in the genus Oryzomysia of the family Atopomelidae.[1] It has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia.[2] It was formerly known as Chirodiscoides oryzomys in the family Listrophoridae, but was later transferred to the atopomelid genus Oryzomysia.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 5
  2. Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 11

Literature cited

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