Mesolaelaps
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| Genus: | Mesolaelaps Hirst, 1926
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Mesolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.[1] The small macropod species Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, the musky rat kangaroo, is recorded as a to host species of this mite.[2]
Species
[edit]- Mesolaelaps anomalus (Hirst, 1926)
- Mesolaelaps antipodiana (Hirst, 1926)
- Mesolaelaps australiensis (Hirst, 1926)
- Mesolaelaps bandicoota (Womersley, 1956)
- Mesolaelaps lagotisinus (Hirst, 1931)
- Mesolaelaps sminthopsis (Womersley, 1954)
References
[edit]- ^ David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ^ Claridge, A.W.; Seebeck, J.H.; Rose, R. (2007). Bettongs, potoroos, and the musky rat-kangaroo. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Pub. p. 81. ISBN 9780643093416.