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Listrophoridae
Family of mites
Family of mites
- Leporacarus Fain, 1970
- Listrophoroides Hirst, 1923
- Listrophorus Pagenstecher, 1861
- Marquesania Womersley, 1943
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. North American genera include:
- Aplodontochirus
- Chirodiscoides
- Dentocarpus
- Geomylichus
- Leporacarus
- Listrophorus
- Lutracarus
- Lynxacarus
- Olabidocarpus
- Olistrophorus
- Prolistrophorus
- Quasilistrophorus Asiochirus is one Asian genus. Unidentified listrophorids have been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.
References
Literature cited
- Whitaker, J.O. and Wilson, N. 1974. Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair of wild mammals of North America, north of Mexico (subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 91(1):1–67.
- Whitaker, J.O., Walters, B.L., Castor, L.K., Ritzi, C.M. and Wilson, N. 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, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1:1–173.
- Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.
- Worth, C.B. 1950. Observations on ectoparasites of some small mammals in Everglades National Park and Hillsborough County, Florida (subscription required). The Journal of Parasitology 36(4):326–335.
References
- WoRMS (2024). Listrophoridae Canestrini, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994609 on 2024-07-07
- Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 11
- Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, pp. 10–11; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
- Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
- Worth, 1950, p. 331; Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 1
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