Andreacarus
| Andreacarus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Mesostigmata |
| Family: | Laelapidae |
| Genus: | Andreacarus Radford, 1953 |
Andreacarus is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae that are parasitic on small mammals and earwigs in Africa and Madagascar. A number of Australian and New Guinean species were formerly included in the genus, but are now placed in a separate genus Juxtalaelaps.[1]
The genus includes the following species:[1]
- Andreacarus brachyuromys Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent Brachyuromys in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus eliurus Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent Eliurus in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus galidia Dowling et al., 2007 (on the carnivoran Galidia in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus gymnuromys Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent Gymnuromys in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus hemicentetes Fain, 1991 (on the tenrec Hemicentetes in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus matthyssei Fain, 1991 (on the rodent Cricetomys in Nigeria)
- Andreacarus petersi Radford, 1953 (on the rodents Cricetomys, Arvicanthis, and Mastomys and the earwig Hemimerus in mainland Africa)
- Andreacarus nesomys Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent Nesomys in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus tenrec Dowling et al., 2007 (on the tenrec Tenrec in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus voalavo Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent Voalavo in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus zumpti Taufflieb, 1956 (on Cricetomys in mainland Africa)
References
- ^ a b Dowling, A.P.G.; Bochkov, A.V.; OConnor, B.M. (2007). "Revision of the genus Andreacarus (Acari: Laelapidae) with description of seven new species and a new genus for Australian species formerly placed in Andreacarus". Journal of Medical Entomology. 44 (3): 405–421. doi:10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[405:ROTGAA]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17547225.
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