Listrophoridae

Listrophoridae is a family of mites in the suborder Psoroptidia of the order Sarcoptiformes. The family contains small, long mites specialized for grasping the hairs of mammals.^[2] North American genera include:^[3]

• Aplodontochirus
• Chirodiscoides
• Dentocarpus
• Geomylichus
• Leporacarus
• Listrophorus
• Lutracarus
• Lynxacarus
• Olabidocarpus
• Olistrophorus
• Prolistrophorus
• Quasilistrophorus

Listrophoridae
Listrophorus pagenstekeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Sarcoptiformes
Suborder:	Astigmata
Family:	Listrophoridae Canestrini, 1892
Type genus
Listrophorus
Genera[1]
Leporacarus Fain, 1970 Listrophoroides Hirst, 1923 Listrophorus Pagenstecher, 1861 Marquesania Womersley, 1943

Asiochirus is one Asian genus.^[4] Unidentified listrophorids have been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.^[5]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat