| Laelaps | |
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| Laelaps hilaris drawn by Oudemans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Laelapidae |
| Genus: | Laelaps Koch, 1836 |
| Type species | |
| Laelaps agilis Koch, 1836 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Laelaps is a genus of common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:
- Laelaps acuminata – Oecomys [1]
- Laelaps agilis – Rattus [2]
- Laelaps alaskensis – Blarina , Clethrionomys , Craseomys , Dicrostonyx , Lemmiscus , Lemmus , Microtus , Mustela , Myotis , Napaeozapus , Ochrotomys , Ondatra , Onychomys , Parascalops , Peromyscus , Phenacomys , Poliocitellus , Sorex , Synaptomys , Thomomys [3]
- Laelaps boultoni – Neacomys , Sigmodon , Oligoryzomys , Oecomys , Heteromys [4]
- Laelaps castroi – Oligoryzomys [1]
- Laelaps clethrionomydis – Clethrionomys , Craseomys , [2] Microtus , [5]
- Laelaps conula – Rhipidomys [4]
- Laelaps crinigera – Oryzomyini [6]
- Laelaps dearmasi – Zygodontomys [4]
- Laelaps differens [1]
- Laelaps echidnina – Rattus , [4] Didelphis , Sigmodon , [5] Mus , Peromyscus , Sylvilagus [2]
- Laelaps evansi – Neofiber [5]
- Laelaps exceptionalis – "wild rat" [4]
- Laelaps flexa – Microryzomys [1]
- Laelaps giganteus (Berlese, 1918) [7] – Lemniscomys [8]
- Laelaps incilis – Microtus , Neotamias , Peromyscus [2]
- Laelaps kochi – Blarina , Clethrionomys , Corynorhinus , Craseomys , Dicrostonyx , Dipodomys , Glaucomys , Microtus , Mustela , Napaeozapus , Neotamias , Neovison , Neurotrichus , Ondatra , Peromyscus , Phenacomys , Sigmodon , Sorex , Synaptomys , Tamias , Zapus [3]
- Laelaps lavieri – Mus [9]
- Laelaps lemmi – Lemmus [2]
- Laelaps liberiensis – Mastomys [8]
- Laelaps manguinhosi – Holochilus , Nectomys , Neusticomys , and various other mammals [4]
- Laelaps mazzai – Calomys , Oligoryzomys [6]
- Laelaps multispinosa – Castor , Didelphis , Microtus , Mustela , Neovison , Ondatra , Peromyscus , Procyon [10]
- Laelaps muricola – Mastomys [8]
- Laelaps muris – Microtus , Ondatra [2]
- Laelaps navasi – Oryzomyini [6]
- Laelaps nuttalli – Mus , Ochrotomys , Peromyscus , [2] Rattus , [4] Sciurus [11]
- Laelaps ovata – Nephelomys [4]
- Laelaps paulistanensis – Rhipidomys , Oryzomyini [1]
- Laelaps pilifer – Oryzomyini [1]
- Laelaps spicata – Oryzomyini [6]
- Laelaps stupkai – Synaptomys [11]
- Laelaps surcomata – Rhipidomys [6]
- Laelaps thori [4]
Unnamed or unidentified species have been reported on Gerbilliscus robustus and Acomys wilsoni in Tanzania [8] and on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia. [12]
