Listrophorus

Listrophorus
Listrophorus leuckarti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Sarcoptiformes
Family:	Listrophoridae
Genus:	Listrophorus Pagenstecher, 1861
Species [1]
Listrophorus arishi Oyoun, El-Kammah & El-Kady, 1994 Listrophorus caudatus Fain, Smith & Whitaker, 1986 Listrophorus laynei Fain, Smith & Whitaker, 1986 Listrophorus leuckarti Pagenstecher, 1861 Listrophorus mediterraneus Portus, Fain & Lukoschus, 1980 Listrophorus mustelae Mégnin, 1885 Listrophorus occitanus Fain & Portus, 1978

Listrophorus is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include: ^[2]

• Listrophorus americanus – muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
• Listrophorus caudatus – round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni)
• Listrophorus dicrostonyx – collared lemming (Dicrostonyx)
• Listrophorus dozieri – muskrat; Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
• Listrophorus faini – muskrat
• Listrophorus floridanus – southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis)
• Listrophorus kingstownensis – muskrat
• Listrophorus klebergi – hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus); hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
• Listrophorus laynei – round-tailed muskrat
• Listrophorus leuckarti – meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus); house mouse (Mus musculus)
• Listrophorus mexicanus – sagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus); rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus); montane vole (Microtus montanus); prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster); creeping vole (Microtus oregoni); meadow vole; water vole (Microtus richardsoni); Townsend's vole (Microtus townsendii); western red-backed vole (Myodes californicus); southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi); southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi); white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus); house mouse; woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis); meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius); western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps); least weasel (Mustela nivalis); pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus); Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii); marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii); long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar)
• Listrophorus neotomae – Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana); southern Plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus)
• Listrophorus ondatrae – muskrat
• Listrophorus phenacomys – eastern heather vole (Phenacomys ungava)
• Listrophorus pitymys – northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda); meadow vole; pine vole (Microtus pinetorum)
• Listrophorus sparsilineatus – cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
• Listrophorus synaptomys – northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis); southern bog lemming
• Listrophorus validus – muskrat

An unidentified species has been recorded on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia. ^[3]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. IRMNG (2021). Listrophorus Pagenstecher, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052051 on 8 July 2024
2. Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 11; Whitaker et al., 2007, pp. 23–24
3. Morlan, 1952, table 2

Literature cited

• Morlan, Harvey B. (1952). "Host Relationships and Seasonal Abundance of Some Southwest Georgia Southwest Georgia Ectoparasites". The American Midland Naturalist. 48 (1): 74–93. doi:10.2307/2422133. JSTOR   2422133 . Retrieved 8 July 2024.
• Whitaker, John O.; Wilson, Nixon (1974). "Host and Distribution Lists of Mites (Acari), Parasitic and Phoretic, in the Hair of Wild Mammals of North America, North of Mexico". The American Midland Naturalist. 91 (1): 1–67. doi:10.2307/2424511. JSTOR   2424511.
• Whitaker, John; Walters, Brianne; Castor, Linda; Ritzi, Christopher; Wilson, Nixon (24 July 2007). "HOST AND DISTRIBUTION LISTS OF MITES (ACARI), PARASITIC AND PHORETIC, IN THE HAIR OR ON THE SKIN OF NORTH AMERICAN WILD MAMMALS NORTH OF MEXICO: RECORDS SINCE 1974". Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty and Staff Publications. Retrieved 8 July 2024.