Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis

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.[1] 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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
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[2] Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis Fonseca, 1939[3] Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum Morlan, 1951[4]

References

1. Furman 1972, p. 12.
2. Reprinted in Fonseca 1936, p. 22.
3. Fonseca 1939, pp. 90–93.
4. Morlan 1951, p. 274–278.
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.

Literature cited

• Carmichael, Joseph A.; Strauss, Richard E.; Mcintyre, Nancy 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. doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[80:SVONAF]2.0.CO;2.
• da Fonseca, Flavio (1936). "Notas de acareologia XVIII. Generos e especies de acarianos parasitas de ratos (Acari, Laelaptidae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan. 10: 17–23.
• da Fonseca, Flavio (1939). "Acarological Notes XXV. The giant Laelaptidae, parasites of South American Rodents. New genus and species". Memórias do Instituto Butantan. 12: 57–102. Available at the Internet Archive.
• Furman, Deane P. (1972). "Mites of the family Laelapidae in Venezuela (Acarina: Laelapidae)". Brigham Young University Science Bulletin. Biological Series. 17 (3): 12.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Morlan, Harvey B. (1951). "Notes on the Genus Gigantolaelaps and Description of a New Species, Gigantolaelaps cricetidarum (Acarina: Laelaptidae)". The Journal of Parasitology. 37 (3): 273–279. doi:10.2307/3273199. JSTOR 3273199.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Nava, Santiago; Lareschi, Marcela; Voglino, Damián (2003). "Interrelationship between ectoparasites and wild rodents from northeastern Buenos Aires province, Argentina". Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 98 (1): 45–49. doi:10.1590/S0074-02762003000100007. hdl:1807/8021. PMID 12700861.
• Whitaker, John O.; Wilson, Nixon (1974). "Host and Distribution Lists of Mites (Acari), Parasitic and Phoretic, in the Hair of Wild Mammals of North America, North of Mexico". American Midland Naturalist. 91 (1): 1–67. doi:10.2307/2424511. JSTOR 2424511.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Whitaker, Jr., John O.; Walters, Brianne L.; Castor, Linda K.; Ritzi, Christopher M.; Wilson, Nixon (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. 1: 1–173.