Arthropods infesting small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) near Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska
Howell, Lindsey
Jelden, Katelyn
Rácz, Elizabeth
Gardner, Scott L.
Gettinger, Donald
Insecta Mundi
2016
2016-04-15
2016
478
1
16
Jameson
Jameson
[192,604,1441,1466]
Arachnida
Laelapidae
Androlaelaps
GBIF
Animalia
Mesostigmata
9
8
Arthropoda
species
crowei
Typehost: Onychomys leucogaster arcticeps(Rhoades)from Meade Co., Kansas. Deposition, host records, and locality: HWML101687 and 91998, O. leucogaster/Arapahoe 2012; HWML91999, O. leucogaster/Arapahoe 2012; HWML92002, O. leucogaster/Arapahoe 2012; HWML92003, O. leucogaster/Arapahoe 2012; HWML92004, O. leucogaster/Arapahoe 2012; HWML92020 and 101700, O. leucogaster/Ackley 2013; HWML101713, 101714, 101715, 101717, 101718, and 92027, O. leucogaster/Ackley 2013; HWML101721, O. leucogaster/Ackley 2013; HWML92044, O. leucogaster/ Grama Grass 2013.
Remarks: Androlaelaps croweiwas collected in relatively high numbers, infesting the grasshopper mouse, O. leucogaster. Our specimens are morphologically similar, but slightly smaller than the holotypedescribed and illustrated by Jameson (1947a). All of the mites of this species appear to be specifically associated with neotomine rodents of the genus Onychomys.