Laelaps (mite)

Laelaps is a genus of common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:

Laelaps acuminata – Oecomys
Laelaps agilis – Rattus
Laelaps alaskensis – Blarina, Clethrionomys, Craseomys, Dicrostonyx, Lemmiscus, Lemmus, Microtus, Mustela, Myotis, Napaeozapus, Ochrotomys, Ondatra, Onychomys, Parascalops, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Poliocitellus, Sorex, Synaptomys, Thomomys
Laelaps boultoni – Neacomys, Sigmodon, Oligoryzomys, Oecomys, Heteromys
Laelaps castroi – Oligoryzomys
Laelaps clethrionomydis – Clethrionomys, Craseomys, Microtus,
Laelaps conula – Rhipidomys
Laelaps crinigera – Oryzomyini
Laelaps dearmasi – Zygodontomys
Laelaps differens
Laelaps echidnina – Rattus, Didelphis, Sigmodon, Mus, Peromyscus, Sylvilagus
Laelaps evansi – Neofiber
Laelaps exceptionalis – "wild rat"
Laelaps flexa – Microryzomys
– Lemniscomys
Laelaps incilis – Microtus, Neotamias, Peromyscus
Laelaps kochi – Blarina, Clethrionomys, Corynorhinus, Craseomys, Dicrostonyx, Dipodomys, Glaucomys, Microtus, Mustela, Napaeozapus, Neotamias, Neovison, Neurotrichus, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Sigmodon, Sorex, Synaptomys, Tamias, Zapus
Laelaps lavieri – Mus
Laelaps lemmi – Lemmus
Laelaps liberiensis – Mastomys
Laelaps manguinhosi – Holochilus, Nectomys, Neusticomys, and various other mammals
Laelaps mazzai – Calomys, Oligoryzomys
Laelaps multispinosa – Castor, Didelphis, Microtus, Mustela, Neovison, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Procyon
Laelaps muricola – Mastomys
Laelaps muris – Microtus, Ondatra
Laelaps navasi – Oryzomyini
Laelaps nuttalli – Mus, Ochrotomys, Peromyscus, Rattus, Sciurus
Laelaps ovata – Nephelomys
Laelaps paulistanensis – Rhipidomys, Oryzomyini
Laelaps pilifer – Oryzomyini
Laelaps spicata – Oryzomyini
Laelaps stupkai – Synaptomys
Laelaps surcomata – Rhipidomys
Laelaps thori

Unnamed or unidentified species have been reported on Gerbilliscus robustus and Acomys wilsoni in Tanzania and on the marsh rice rat in Florida and Georgia.

Literature cited

Furman, D.P.. "Laelapid mites from Venezuela". Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 17:1–58.
Stanley, W.T., Rogers, M.A., Senzota, R.B.M., Mturi, F.A., Kihaule, P.M., Moehlman, P.D. and O'Connor, B.M.. "Surveys of small mammals in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania". Journal of East African Natural History 96:47–71.
Whitaker, J.O., Walters, B.L., Castor, L.K., Ritzi, C.M. and Wilson, N.. . Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1:1–173.