Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis

Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Genus:	Gigantolaelaps
Species:	G. mattogrossensis
Binomial name
Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis (Fonseca, 1935)
Synonyms [1]
Macrolaelaps mattogrossensis Fonseca, 1935 Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis: Fonseca, 1939 Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum Morlan, 1951

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).^[2] In Venezuela, it has been recorded from Holochilus brasiliensis, Sigmodon hirsutus, and Marmosa robinsoni.^[1] In Argentina, it has been found on Scapteromys aquaticus, Oligoryzomys flavescens, and Holochilus brasiliensis.^[3] The North American form was first described as a separate species, Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum, and is still occasionally considered as such.^[4]

References

1. Furman, 1972, p. 12
2. Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 6; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 17
3. Nava et al., 2003, table I
4. Carmichael et al., 2007, p. 80

Literature cited

• Carmichael, J.A., Strauss, R.E. and McIntyre, N.E. 2007. Seasonal variation of North American form of Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis (Acari: Laelapidae) on marsh rice rat in southern coastal Texas. Journal of Medical Entomology 44(1):80–84.
• Furman, D.P. 1972. Laelapid mites (Laelapidae: Laelapinae) from Venezuela. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 17(3):1–58.
• Nava, S., Lareschi, M. and Voglino, D. 2003. Interrelationship between ectoparasites and wild rodents from northeastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 98:5 pp.
• Whitaker, J.O. and Wilson, N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 91(1):1–67.
• Whitaker, J.O., Walters, B.L., Castor, L.K., Ritzi, C.M. and Wilson, N. 2007. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico: records since 1974. Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1:1–173.