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Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis

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Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Mesostigmata
Family: Laelapidae
Genus: Gigantolaelaps
Species:
G. mattogrossensis
Binomial name
Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
(Fonseca, 1935)
Synonyms[4]
  • Macrolaelaps mattogrossensis Fonseca, 1935[1]
  • Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis Fonseca, 1939[2]
  • Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum Morlan, 1951[3]

Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis is a mite from the Americas. It has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), black rat (Rattus rattus), brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) in the United States (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas).[5] In Venezuela, it has been recorded from Holochilus brasiliensis, Sigmodon hirsutus, and Marmosa robinsoni.[4] In Argentina, it has been found on Scapteromys aquaticus, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Holochilus brasiliensis.[6] The North American form was first described as a separate species, Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum, and is still occasionally considered as such.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Reprinted in Fonseca 1936, p. 22.
  2. ^ Fonseca 1939, pp. 90–93.
  3. ^ Morlan 1951, p. 274–278.
  4. ^ a b Furman 1972, p. 12.
  5. ^ Whitaker & Wilson 1974, p. 6; Whitaker et al. 2007, p. 17.
  6. ^ Nava et al. 2003, Table I.
  7. ^ Carmichael et al. 2007, p. 80.

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