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Listrophorus is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include:

  • Listrophorus americanusmuskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
  • Listrophorus caudatusround-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni)
  • Listrophorus dicrostonyxcollared lemming (Dicrostonyx)
  • Listrophorus dozieri – muskrat; Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
  • Listrophorus faini – muskrat
  • Listrophorus floridanussoutheastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis)
  • Listrophorus kingstownensis – muskrat
  • Listrophorus klebergihispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus); hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus)
  • Listrophorus laynei – round-tailed muskrat
  • Listrophorus leuckarti – meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus); house mouse (Mus musculus)
  • Listrophorus mexicanussagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus); rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus); montane vole (Microtus montanus); prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster); creeping vole (Microtus oregoni); meadow vole; water vole (Microtus richardsoni); Townsend's vole (Microtus townsendii); western red-backed vole (Myodes californicus); southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi); southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi); white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus); house mouse; woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis); meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius); western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps); least weasel (Mustela nivalis); pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus); Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii); marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii); long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar)
  • Listrophorus neotomae – Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana); southern Plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus)
  • Listrophorus ondatrae – muskrat
  • Listrophorus phenacomyseastern heather vole (Phenacomys ungava)
  • Listrophorus pitymysnorthern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda); meadow vole; pine vole (Microtus pinetorum)
  • Listrophorus sparsilineatuscotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus)
  • Listrophorus synaptomysnorthern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis); southern bog lemming
  • Listrophorus validus – muskrat
  • An unidentified species has been recorded on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia.

    Literature cited

  • Morlan, H.B. 1952. Host relationships and seasonal abundance of some Southwest Georgia ectoparasites (subscription required). American Midland Naturalist 48(1):74–93.
  • 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.
  • References

    Listrophorus Wikipedia


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