Laelaps (mite)

Laelaps is a genus of common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:

• Laelaps acuminata – Oecomys
• Laelaps agilis – Rattus
• Laelaps alaskensis – Blarina, Clethrionomys, Craseomys, Dicrostonyx, Lemmiscus, Lemmus, Microtus, Mustela, Myotis, Napaeozapus, Ochrotomys, Ondatra, Onychomys, Parascalops, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Poliocitellus, Sorex, Synaptomys, Thomomys
• Laelaps boultoni – Neacomys, Sigmodon, Oligoryzomys, Oecomys, Heteromys
• Laelaps castroi – Oligoryzomys
• Laelaps clethrionomydis – Clethrionomys, Craseomys, Microtus,
• Laelaps conula – Rhipidomys
• Laelaps crinigera – Oryzomyini
• Laelaps dearmasi – Zygodontomys
• Laelaps differens
• Laelaps echidnina – Rattus, Didelphis, Sigmodon, Mus, Peromyscus, Sylvilagus
• Laelaps evansi – Neofiber
• Laelaps exceptionalis – "wild rat"
• Laelaps flexa – Microryzomys
• ' (Berlese, 1918) – Lemniscomys
• Laelaps incilis – Microtus, Neotamias, Peromyscus
• Laelaps kochi – Blarina, Clethrionomys, Corynorhinus, Craseomys, Dicrostonyx, Dipodomys, Glaucomys, Microtus, Mustela, Napaeozapus, Neotamias, Neovison, Neurotrichus, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Sigmodon, Sorex, Synaptomys, Tamias, Zapus
• Laelaps lavieri – Mus
• Laelaps lemmi – Lemmus
• Laelaps liberiensis – Mastomys
• Laelaps manguinhosi – Holochilus, Nectomys, Neusticomys, and various other mammals
• Laelaps mazzai – Calomys, Oligoryzomys
• Laelaps multispinosa – Castor, Didelphis, Microtus, Mustela, Neovison, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Procyon
• Laelaps muricola – Mastomys
• Laelaps muris – Microtus, Ondatra
• Laelaps navasi – Oryzomyini
• Laelaps nuttalli – Mus, Ochrotomys, Peromyscus, Rattus, Sciurus
• Laelaps ovata – Nephelomys
• Laelaps paulistanensis – Rhipidomys, Oryzomyini
• Laelaps pilifer – Oryzomyini
• Laelaps spicata – Oryzomyini
• Laelaps stupkai – Synaptomys
• Laelaps surcomata – Rhipidomys
• Laelaps thori

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