Haemogamasus

Haemogamasus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Subclass: Acari
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Haemogamasidae
Genus: Haemogamasus
Species

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Haemogamasus is a genus of mites in the family Haemogamasidae.[1] In North America, they mostly infect rodents, in addition to other small mammals such as shrews, talpids, and Virginia opossums.[2]

An unidentified immature Haemogamasus has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia.[3]

Species

See also

References

  1. David Evans Walter (ed.). "Haemogamasidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
  2. Whitaker et al., 2007, pp. 17–19
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 1
  4. Estébanes-González and Cervantes, 2005, p. 28
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 18
  6. Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 3
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 19

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