Mesolaelaps

Mesolaelaps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Genus:	Mesolaelaps ; Hirst, 1926

Last updated December 14, 2025

Mesolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.^[1] The small macropod species Hypsiprymnodon moschatus , the musky rat kangaroo, is recorded as a to host species of this mite.^[2]

Species

Mesolaelaps anomalus (Hirst, 1926)
Mesolaelaps antipodiana (Hirst, 1926)
Mesolaelaps australiensis (Hirst, 1926)
Mesolaelaps bandicoota (Womersley, 1956)
Mesolaelaps lagotisinus (Hirst, 1931)
Mesolaelaps sminthopsis (Womersley, 1954)

References

↑ David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University . Retrieved August 31, 2010.
↑ Claridge, A.W.; Seebeck, J.H.; Rose, R. (2007). Bettongs, potoroos, and the musky rat-kangaroo. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Pub. p. 81. ISBN 9780643093416.

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[1] David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University . Retrieved August 31, 2010.

[2] Claridge, A.W.; Seebeck, J.H.; Rose, R. (2007). Bettongs, potoroos, and the musky rat-kangaroo. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Pub. p. 81. ISBN 9780643093416.

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