Myocoptes musculinus (Koch)

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 55

Myocoptes musculinus (Koch)

Ex Mus musculinus (house mouse): 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Keener House (Hdq. area), 6 Jul. 1937.

Ex Ochrotomys nuttalli (golden mouse): TN, Sevier Co., near Cosby, 1964­1966 (Linzey 1968; Linzey & Linzey 1968).

Ex Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse): 2F, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 19 Oct. 2002, K. Walters, L­3046; 4F, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 20 Nov. 2002, K. Walters, L­3037.

Although M. musculinus primarily infests the house mouse, Whitaker & Wilson (1974) provide records from six species of native North American rodents including O. nuttalli from the Park. However, our record from P. maniculatus represents the first for North Carolina .