Mesolaelaps

Mesolaelaps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Subclass:	Acari
Order:	Mesostigmata
Family:	Laelapidae
Genus:	Mesolaelaps; Hirst, 1926

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]

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

David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
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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[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.