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Laelaps Nuttalli
The name Laelaps is a name attributed to the following: * Laelaps (mythology) Laelaps ( grc-gre, Λαῖλαψ, ''gen''.: means "hurricane") (Lelaps, Lalaps, Lailaps) was a Greek mythological dog that never failed to catch what it was hunting. Mythology In one version of Laelaps' origin story, it was a gift from Zeus t ..., a Greek mythological dog who never failed to catch what she was hunting * ''Laelaps'' (mite), a genus of mites which are ectoparasites of rodents * ''Laelaps'' (dinosaur), a dinosaur genus now known as ''Dryptosaurus'' {{disambiguation, genus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laelaps (mythology)
Laelaps ( grc-gre, Λαῖλαψ, ''gen''.: means "hurricane") (Lelaps, Lalaps, Lailaps) was a Greek mythological dog that never failed to catch what it was hunting. Mythology In one version of Laelaps' origin story, it was a gift from Zeus to Europa. The hound was passed down to King Minos, who gave it as a reward to the Athenian princess Procris. In another version of her story, she received the animal as a gift from the goddess Artemis. Procris' husband Cephalus decided to use the hound to hunt the Teumessian fox, a fox that could never be caught. This was a paradox: a dog that always caught its prey versus a fox that could never be caught. The chase went on until Zeus, perplexed by their contradictory fates, turned both to stone and cast them into the stars as the constellations Canis Major (Laelaps) and Canis Minor (the Teumessian fox). Notes Greek legendary creatures Mythological dogs Reference * Apollodorus Apollodorus (Ancient Greek, Greek: Ἀπολλόδ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laelaps (mite)
''Laelaps'' is a genus of common parasitic mites in the family Laelapidae. Species, with their hosts, include: *'' Laelaps acuminata'' – ''Oecomys''Furman, 1972, p. 20 *'' Laelaps agilis'' – ''Rattus''Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10 *'' Laelaps alaskensis'' – ''Blarina'', '' Dicrostonyx'', ''Lemmiscus'', '' Lemmus'', ''Microtus'', '' Mustela'', '' Myodes'', ''Myotis'', ''Napaeozapus'', ''Ochrotomys'', ''Ondatra'', '' Onychomys'', ''Parascalops'', ''Peromyscus'', '' Phenacomys'', ''Poliocitellus'', ''Sorex'', '' Synaptomys'', '' Thomomys''Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 10; Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20 *'' Laelaps boultoni'' – ''Neacomys'', '' Sigmodon'', ''Oligoryzomys'', ''Oecomys'', ''Heteromys'' *'' Laelaps castroi'' – ''Oligoryzomys'' *'' Laelaps clethrionomydis'' – ''Microtus'',Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 20 '' Myodes'' *'' Laelaps conula'' – ''Rhipidomys'' *'' Laelaps crinigera'' – Oryzomyini *'' Laelaps dearmasi'' – ''Zygodontomys'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
