Andreacarus is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae that are parasitic on small mammals and earwigs in Africa and Madagascar. A number of Australian and New Guinean species were formerly included in the genus, but are now placed in a separate genus Juxtalaelaps.
The genus includes the following species:
- Andreacarus brachyuromys <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the rodent Brachyuromys in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus eliurus <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the rodent Eliurus in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus galidia <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the carnivoran Galidia in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus gymnuromys <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the rodent Gymnuromys in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus hemicentetes <small>Fain, 1991</small> (on the tenrec Hemicentetes in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus matthyssei <small>Fain, 1991</small> (on the rodent Cricetomys in Nigeria)
- Andreacarus petersi <small>Radford, 1953</small> (on the rodents Cricetomys, Arvicanthis, and Mastomys and the earwig Hemimerus in mainland Africa)
- Andreacarus nesomys <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the rodent Nesomys in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus tenrec <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the tenrec Tenrec in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus voalavo <small>Dowling et al., 2007</small> (on the rodent Voalavo in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus zumpti <small>Taufflieb, 1956</small> (on Cricetomys in mainland Africa)
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