Arthropods infesting small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) near Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska
Author
Howell, Lindsey
Author
Jelden, Katelyn
Author
Rácz, Elizabeth
Author
Gardner, Scott L.
Author
Gettinger, Donald
text
Insecta Mundi
2016
2016-04-15
2016
478
1
16
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5170591
1942-1354
5170591
B7E405E4-1ED7-477F-926E-C8A6FDB7FB1D
Acari:
Mesostigmata
:
Laelapidae
:
Laelapinae
Mesostigmatic mites of the subfamily
Laelapinae
are thought to be nidicolous, or nest-mites, although all instars are commonly collected from host pelage. They are probably not truly haematophagous, but are occasionally collected with blood in their gut (
Radovsky 1969
).