Laelaps

Laelaps hilaris, drawn by Anthonie Cornelius Oudemans.

Belongs within: Laelapidae.

Laelaps is a genus of mites found primarily in the nests of rodents, from which they may feed on lymphatic secretions or blood.

Characters (from Evans & Till 1979): Idiosoma with mediodorsal series of setae (j-J) comprising eleven pairs, setae rarely short subspinose, two pairs of Zx setae present; genu III with nine setae; genu IV with ten setae (pl₂ present); male with holoventral shield; female with opisthogenital shield present, anal shield free, metasternal setae not situated on sternal shield.

<==Laelaps Koch 1836 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--*L. hilaris Koch 1836 ET79
    |--L. aella Domrow 1973 H98
    |--L. agrestis [=Iphis agrestis] S61
    |--L. alaskensis Grant 1947 FH93
    |--L. albycia Domrow 1965 H98
    |--L. algericus GHG91
    |--L. angiodes Domrow 1980 H98
    |--L. assimilis Womersley 1956 H98
    |--L. breviseta Domrow 1961 H98
    |--L. bycalia Domrow 1979 H98
    |--L. calabyi Domrow 1979 H98
    |--L. cancer Pearse 1929 FH93
    |--L. castroi Fonseca 1959 FH93
    |--L. clethrionomydis Lange 1955 FH93
    |--L. cybiala Domrow 1963 H98
    |--L. dearmasi Furman & Tipton 1961 FH93
    |--L. echidninus Berlese 1887 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--L. evansi Tipton 1960 FH93
    |--L. finlaysoni Womersley 1937 H98
    |--L. giganteus H23
    |--L. grahamensis P94
    |--L. habrus Domrow 1958 H98
    |--L. hapaloti Hirst 1931 [=L. hapoloti] H98
    |--L. incilis Allred & Beck 1966 FH93
    |--L. janalis Domrow 1979 H98
    |--L. kochi Oudemans 1936 FH93 (see below for synonymy)
    |--L. lampetes Domrow 1992 [incl. L. elegans Domrow 1980 (preoc.)] H98
    |--L. lemni Grube 1851 [incl. L. grubei Oudemans 1938] FH93
    |--L. lowei (Tipton 1966) [=Echinolaelaps lowei] FH93
    |--L. lybacia Domrow 1979 H98
    |--L. mackerrasi Domrow 1961 H98
    |--L. manguinhosi Fonseca 1936 [incl. L. oryzomydis Pratt & Lane 1953] FH93
    |--L. micromydis K91
    |--L. muricola (Tragardh 1908) T31, L55 [=Macrolaelaps muricola L55]
    |--L. muris (Ljungh 1799) [=Acarus muris; incl. L. agilis Koch 1839, L. festimus] S61
    |--L. musculus (Say 1821) [=Gamasus musculus] FH93
    |--L. myonyssusgnathus R96
    |--L. nuttalli Hirst 1915 H98 (see below for synonymy)
    |--L. pammorphus Domrow 1973 H98
    |--L. parameces Domrow 1980 H98
    |--L. paulistanensis Fonseca 1935 FH93
    |--L. pilifer Tipton in Wenzel & Tipton 1966 FH93
    |--L. rothschildi Hirst 1914 [=Mysolaelaps rothschildi; incl. L. melomys Womersley 1937] H98
    |--L. sculpturatus T31
    |--L. semitectus (Koch 1879) (see below for synonymy) FH93
    |--L. sinai E-KO07
    |--L. southcotti Domrow 1958 H98
    |--L. spatanges Domrow 1973 H98
    |--L. stupkai Linzey & Crossley 1971 FH93
    |--L. synnomus Domrow 1980 H98
    |--L. thori Fonseca 1939 FH93
    |--L. ugandanus Hirst 1923 H23
    |--L. wasselli Domrow 1958 H98
    |--L. wetmorei Ewing 1925 FH93
    `--L. zaheri R96

Laelaps Koch 1836 FH93 [incl. Echinolaelaps Ewing 1929 FH93, Hyperlaelaps Zakhvatkin 1948 ET79, Macrolaelaps Ewing 1929 FH93, Microtilaelaps Lange 1955 FH93, Myolaelaps Lange 1955 FH93, Rattilaelaps Lange 1955 FH93]

Laelaps echidninus Berlese 1887 FH93 [=L. (Iphis) echidninus FH93, Echinolaelaps echidninus WP99; incl. E. hirsti ceylonicus Turk 1950 FH93, E. flavioi Tipton 1960 FH93, E. hirsti Turk 1950 FH93, Laelaps pallidus Trägårdh 1931 FH93, E. echidninus vitzthumi Turk 1950 FH93]

Laelaps kochi Oudemans 1936 FH93 [incl. Tetragonyssus microti Ewing 1933 FH93, *Hyperlaelaps microti ET79, Laelaps pachypus Koch 1839 non Hermann 1804 FH93]

Laelaps nuttalli Hirst 1915 H98 [=La. nuttali (l. c.) H98, La. (Haemolaelaps) nuttalli FH93; incl. Liponyssus bermudaensis Ewing 1920 FH93, La. hawaiiensis Ewing 1924 FH93]

Laelaps semitectus (Koch 1879) [=Sejus semitectus; incl. L. hilaris Kramer & Neumann 1883 non Koch 1836, L. pachypus Kramer & Neumann 1883 nec Koch 1839 nec Hermann 1804] FH93

*Type species of generic name indicated

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[GHG91] Gállego, M., E. Hidalgo & J. Ginés. 1991. Mites of the house mouse, Mus musculus L., in the north-eastern part of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain. In: Schuster, R., & P. W. Murphy (eds) The Acari: Reproduction, development and life-history strategies pp. 453–454. Chapman & Hall: London.

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[WP99] Walter, D. E., & H. C. Proctor. 1999. Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour. CABI Publishing: Wallingford (UK).