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Species of mite From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laelaps manguinhosi is a species of parasitic mite in the family Laelapidae. In the United States, it has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina.[1] Other recorded hosts include the sigmodontine rodents Scapteromys aquaticus, Akodon azarae, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Holochilus brasiliensis in Argentina[2] and Oryzomys couesi and Handleyomys melanotis in Mexico.[3] In Venezuela, it mainly infects the oryzomyines Holochilus sciureus and Nectomys, but it has also been recorded on a variety of other mammals and even on a bird.[4] A separate subspecies, Laelaps manguinhosi calvescens, has been described from the ichthyomyine rodent Neusticomys venezuelae.[5]
Laelaps manguinhosi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Laelapidae |
Genus: | Laelaps |
Species: | L. manguinhosi |
Binomial name | |
Laelaps manguinhosi Fonseca, 1936[Note 1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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