Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Laelapidae |
Genus: | Gigantolaelaps |
Species: | G. mattogrossensis
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Binomial name | |
Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis (Fonseca, 1935)
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Synonyms [4] | |
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]
Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Mesostigmata |
Family: | Laelapidae |
Genus: | Gigantolaelaps |
Species: | G. mattogrossensis
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Binomial name | |
Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis (Fonseca, 1935)
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Synonyms [4] | |
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]