Gigantolaelaps mattogrossensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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]

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