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Listrophoridae
Sign in to saveListrophoridae is a family of mites in the suborder Psoroptidia of the order Sarcoptiformes. The family contains small, long mites specialized for grasping the hairs of mammals. North American genera include: Aplodontochirus Chirodiscoides Dentocarpus Geomylichus Leporacarus Listrophorus Lutracarus Lynxacarus Olabidocarpus Olistrophorus Prolistrophorus Quasilistrophorus Asiochirus is one Asian genus. Unidentified listrophorids have been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.
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It is catalogued under topics including Mite families and Sarcoptiformes.
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Species
fur mites
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderSarcoptiformes
- FamilyListrophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 137
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Listrophoridae
- Collections
- UNCG, USNM, LACM, PU, UHIM
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, Costa Rica, Laos
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- Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta (fasc.80 (1897)) (14598486408).jpg
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Listrophoridae is a family of mites in the suborder Psoroptidia of the order Sarcoptiformes. The family contains small, long mites specialized for grasping the hairs of mammals. North American genera include: Aplodontochirus Chirodiscoides Dentocarpus Geomylichus Leporacarus Listrophorus Lutracarus Lynxacarus Olabidocarpus Olistrophorus Prolistrophorus Quasilistrophorus Asiochirus is one Asian genus. Unidentified listrophorids have been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida and Georgia.
==See also== List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
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