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*Worth, C.B. 1950. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3273467 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. |
*Worth, C.B. 1950. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3273467 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. |
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==A palaeontological mistake== |
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What's very notable about the genus is that in 1877, [[palaeontologist]] [[Edward Drinker Cope]] found the first theropod to be discovered in North America. He named it Laelaps, a mythical hunting dog that never failed to catch what it was hunting. Unfortunately for Cope, it turned out that a mite already got the name. So later on, Cope's rival [[Othniel Charles Marsh]] changed it's name to [[Dryptosaurus]]. |
What's very notable about the genus is that in 1877, [[palaeontologist]] [[Edward Drinker Cope]] found the first theropod to be discovered in North America. He named it Laelaps, a mythical hunting dog that never failed to catch what it was hunting. Unfortunately for Cope, it turned out that a mite already got the name. So later on, Cope's rival [[Othniel Charles Marsh]] changed it's name to [[Dryptosaurus]]. |
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[[Category:Laelapidae]] |
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Laelaps is a common genus of parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include:
- Laelaps acuminata – Oecomys[1]
- Laelaps agilis – Rattus[2]
- Laelaps alaskensis – Blarina, Dicrostonyx, Lemmiscus, Lemmus, Microtus, Mustela, Myodes, 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 – Microtus,[5] Myodes[2]
- 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 – Lemniscomys[7]
- Laelaps incilis – Microtus, Neotamias, Peromyscus[2]
- Laelaps kochi – Blarina, Corynorhinus, Dicrostonyx, Dipodomys, Glaucomys, Microtus, Mustela, Myodes, Napaeozapus, Neotamias, Neovison, Neurotrichus, Ondatra, Peromyscus, Phenacomys, Sigmodon, Sorex, Synaptomys, Tamias, Zapus[3]
- Laelaps lavieri – Mus[8]
- Laelaps lemmi – Lemmus[2]
- Laelaps liberiensis – Mastomys[7]
- 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[9]
- Laelaps muricola – Mastomys[7]
- Laelaps muris – Microtus, Ondatra[2]
- Laelaps navasi – Oryzomyini[6]
- Laelaps nuttalli – Mus, Ochrotomys, Peromyscus,[2] Rattus,[4] Sciurus[10]
- Laelaps ovata – Nephelomys[4]
- Laelaps paulistanensis – Rhipidomys, Oryzomyini[1]
- Laelaps pilifer – Oryzomyini[1]
- Laelaps spicata – Oryzomyini[6]
- Laelaps stupkai – Synaptomys[10]
- Laelaps surcomata – Rhipidomys[6]
- Laelaps thori[4]
Unnamed or unidentified species have been reported on Gerbilliscus robustus and Acomys wilsoni in Tanzania[7] and on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Furman, 1972, p. 20
- ^ a b c d e f g Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10
- ^ a b Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Furman, 1972, p. 19
- ^ a b c Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20
- ^ a b c d e Furman, 1972, p. 18
- ^ a b c d Stanley et al., 2007, p. 70
- ^ Stanley et al., 2007, p. 71
- ^ Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
- ^ a b Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 21
- ^ Worth, 1950, p. 330; Morlan, 1952, table 2
Literature cited
- Furman, D.P. 1972. Laelapid mites (Laelapidae: Laelapinae) from Venezuela. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin 17(3):1–58.
- Morlan, H.B. 1952. Host relationships and seasonal abundance of some Southwest Georgia ectoparasites (subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 48(1):74–93.
- Stanley, W.T., Rogers, M.A., Senzota, R.B.M., Mturi, F.A., Kihaule, P.M., Moehlman, P.D. and O'Connor, B.M. 2007. Surveys of small mammals in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Journal of East African Natural History 96(1):47–71.
- 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.
- 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.
A palaeontological mistake
What's very notable about the genus is that in 1877, palaeontologist Edward Drinker Cope found the first theropod to be discovered in North America. He named it Laelaps, a mythical hunting dog that never failed to catch what it was hunting. Unfortunately for Cope, it turned out that a mite already got the name. So later on, Cope's rival Othniel Charles Marsh changed it's name to Dryptosaurus.
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