''Mesolaelaps'' is a genus of
mite
Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as eac ...
s in the family
Laelapidae
The Laelapidae are a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The family is also referred to in the literature as Laelaptidae, which may be the correct spelling.
Description
Laelapidae have a shield covering all or most of the dorsal surface ...
. The small macropod species ''
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', the musky rat kangaroo, is recorded as a to host species of this mite.
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
Laelapidae
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