Gigantolaelaps
Gigantolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae. It is found in the fur of cricetid rodents, most often from the tribe Oryzomyini, from South America north to the southern United States. They are large and darkly colored and have a complex life cycle.
Species
- Gigantolaelaps aitkeni
- Gigantolaelaps amazonae
- Gigantolaelaps barrerai
- Gigantolaelaps boneti
- Gigantolaelaps brachyspinosus
- Gigantolaelaps canestrinii
- Gigantolaelaps fonsecai
- Gigantolaelaps gilmorei
- Gigantolaelaps goyanensis
- Gigantolaelaps guimaraesi
- Gigantolaelaps inca
- Gigantolaelaps intermedia
- Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
- Gigantolaelaps maximus
- Gigantolaelaps oudemansi
- Gigantolaelaps peruviana
- Gigantolaelaps striatus
- Gigantolaelaps tiptoni
- Gigantolaelaps versteegi
- Gigantolaelaps vitzthumi
- Gigantolaelaps wolffsohni Fonseca, 1939
Literature cited
- Carmichael, J.A., Strauss, R.E. and McIntyre, N.E. 2007. Seasonal variation of North American form of Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis on marsh rice rat in southern coastal Texas. Journal of Medical Entomology 44:80–84.
- Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005. . International Journal of Acarology 31:23–37.
- Furman, D.P. 1972. Laelapid mites from Venezuela. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 17:1–58.