Laelaps (mite)

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

• Laelaps acuminata – Oecomys^[1]
• Laelaps agilis – Rattus^[2]
• Laelaps alaskensis – Blarina, Clethrionomys, Craseomys, Dicrostonyx, Lemmiscus, Lemmus, Microtus, Mustela, Myotis, Napaeozapus, Ochrotomys, Ondatra, Onychomys, Parascalops, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Poliocitellus, Sorex, Synaptomys, Thomomys^[3]
• Laelaps boultoni – Neacomys, Sigmodon, Oligoryzomys, Oecomys, Heteromys^[4]
• Laelaps castroi – Oligoryzomys^[1]
• Laelaps clethrionomydis – Clethrionomys, Craseomys,^[2] Microtus,^[5]
• Laelaps conula – Rhipidomys^[4]
• Laelaps crinigera – Oryzomyini^[6]
• Laelaps dearmasi – Zygodontomys^[4]
• Laelaps differens^[1]
• Laelaps echidnina – Rattus,^[4] Didelphis, Sigmodon,^[5] Mus, Peromyscus, Sylvilagus^[2]
• Laelaps evansi – Neofiber^[5]
• Laelaps exceptionalis – "wild rat"^[4]
• Laelaps flexa – Microryzomys^[1]
• Laelaps giganteus (Berlese, 1918)^[7] – Lemniscomys^[8]
• Laelaps incilis – Microtus, Neotamias, Peromyscus^[2]
• Laelaps kochi – Blarina, Clethrionomys, Corynorhinus, Craseomys, Dicrostonyx, Dipodomys, Glaucomys, Microtus, Mustela, Napaeozapus, Neotamias, Neovison, Neurotrichus, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Sigmodon, Sorex, Synaptomys, Tamias, Zapus^[3]
• Laelaps lavieri – Mus^[9]
• Laelaps lemmi – Lemmus^[2]
• Laelaps liberiensis – Mastomys^[8]
• Laelaps manguinhosi – Holochilus, Nectomys, Neusticomys, and various other mammals^[4]
• Laelaps mazzai – Calomys, Oligoryzomys^[6]
• Laelaps multispinosa – Castor, Didelphis, Microtus, Mustela, Neovison, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Procyon^[10]
• Laelaps muricola – Mastomys^[8]
• Laelaps muris – Microtus, Ondatra^[2]
• Laelaps navasi – Oryzomyini^[6]
• Laelaps nuttalli – Mus, Ochrotomys, Peromyscus,^[2] Rattus,^[4] Sciurus^[11]
• Laelaps ovata – Nephelomys^[4]
• Laelaps paulistanensis – Rhipidomys, Oryzomyini^[1]
• Laelaps pilifer – Oryzomyini^[1]
• Laelaps spicata – Oryzomyini^[6]
• Laelaps stupkai – Synaptomys^[11]
• Laelaps surcomata – Rhipidomys^[6]
• Laelaps thori^[4]

Laelaps
Laelaps hilaris drawn by Oudemans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Genus:	Laelaps Koch, 1836
Type species
Laelaps agilis Koch, 1836
Species
See text

Unnamed or unidentified species have been reported on Gerbilliscus robustus and Acomys wilsoni in Tanzania^[8] and on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.^[12]