Androlaelaps fahrenholzi

Androlaelaps fahrenholzi is a species of mite in the genus Androlaelaps of the family Laelapidae. It occurs throughout the contiguous United States, where it has been recorded on the mammals Arborimus albipes, Arborimus longicaudus, Bassariscus astutus, Blarina brevicauda, Blarina carolinensis, Callospermophilus lateralis, Chaetodipus hispidus, Condylura cristata, Corynorhinus townsendii, Cryptotis parva, Cynomys ludovicianus, Didelphis virginiana, Dipodomys elator, Dipodomys elephantinus, Dipodomys ordii, Dipodomys venustus, Geomys pinetis, Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans, Lemmiscus curtatus, Marmota monax, Mephitis mephitis, Microtus chrotorrhinus, Ictidomys tridecemlineatus, Microtus longicaudus, Microtus montanus, Microtus ochrogaster, Microtus oregoni, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Microtus pinetorum, Microtus richardsoni, Microtus townsendii, Mus musculus, Mustela erminea, Mustela frenata, Mustela nivalis, Myodes californicus, Myodes gapperi, Napaeozapus insignis, Neofiber alleni, Neotamias amoenus, Neotamias minimus, Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma floridana, Neotoma fuscipes, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma magister, Neotoma micropus, Neovison vison, Neurotrichus gibbsii, Ochrotomys nuttalli, Ondatra zibethicus, Onychomys leucogaster, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Oryzomys palustris, Parascalops breweri, Perognathus fasciatus, Perognathus parvus, Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus crinitus, Peromyscus gossypinus, Peromyscus leucopus, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus truei, Podomys floridanus, Poliocitellus franklinii, Procyon lotor, Rattus norvegicus, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Scalopus aquaticus, Scapanus latimanus, Scapanus orarius, Scapanus townsendii, Sciurus carolinensis, Sciurus niger, Sigmodon hispidus, Sorex bendirii, Sorex cinereus, Sorex fumeus, Sorex longirostris, Sorex pacificus, Sorex palustris, Sorex trowbridgii, Sorex vagrans, Spilogale putorius, Sylvilagus floridanus, Sylvilagus palustris, Synaptomys borealis, Synaptomys cooperi, Tamias striatus, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Taxidea taxus, Thomomys talpoides, Urocitellus beldingi, Urocitellus brunneus, Urocitellus richardsonii, Urocitellus townsendii, Urocitellus washingtoni, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, Xerospermophilus tereticaudus, Zapus hudsonius, Zapus princeps, and Zapus trinotatus.[2]

Androlaelaps fahrenholzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Genus:	Androlaelaps
Species:	A. fahrenholzi
Binomial name
Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (Berlese, 1911)
Synonyms[1]
Atricholaelaps sigmodoni Strandtmann, 1946 Haemolaelaps scalopi Keegan, 1946 Laelaps californicus Ewing, 1925 Laelaps glasgowi Ewing, 1925 Laelaps stegemani Hefley, 1935 Laelaps virginianus Ewing, 1925 Liponyssus setiger Ewing, 1920

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

References

1. Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 4
2. Whitaker et al., 2007, pp. 13–14

Literature cited

• 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.