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
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]