Listrophorus

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

• 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.

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

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