Mesolaelaps

Mesolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.[1] The small macropod species Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, the musky rat kangaroo, is recorded as a to host species of this mite.[2]

Mesolaelaps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Arachnida
Subclass:
Acari
Order:
Mesostigmata
Family:
Laelapidae
Genus:
Mesolaelaps

Hirst, 1926

Species
  • Mesolaelaps anomalus (Hirst, 1926)
  • Mesolaelaps antipodiana (Hirst, 1926)
  • Mesolaelaps australiensis (Hirst, 1926)
  • Mesolaelaps bandicoota (Womersley, 1956)
  • Mesolaelaps lagotisinus (Hirst, 1931)
  • Mesolaelaps sminthopsis (Womersley, 1954)

References
  1. David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  2. Claridge, A.W.; Seebeck, J.H.; Rose, R. (2007). Bettongs, potoroos, and the musky rat-kangaroo. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Pub. p. 81. ISBN 9780643093416.


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