Laelaps manguinhosi

Laelaps manguinhosi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
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]

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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. ^ a b 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

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