''Andreacarus'' is a genus of

mite Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari, but genetic analysis does not show clear evid ...

s in the family

Laelapidae The Laelapidae are a family (biology), 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 ...

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''. The genus includes the following species: * ''

Andreacarus brachyuromys ''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 s ...

'' Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent ''

Brachyuromys ''Brachyuromys'' is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: * Betsileo short-tailed rat (''Brachyuromys betsileoensis'') * Gregarious short-tailed rat The gregarious short-tailed rat (''Brachyuromys ram ...

'' in Madagascar) * '' Andreacarus eliurus'' Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent ''

Eliurus ''Eliurus'' is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It contains the following species: * Tsingy tufted-tailed rat (''Eliurus antsingy'') * Ankarana Special Reserve tufted-tailed rat (''Eliurus carletoni'') * Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat ...

'' in Madagascar) * '' Andreacarus galidia'' Dowling et al., 2007 (on the carnivoran '' Galidia'' in Madagascar) * '' Andreacarus gymnuromys'' Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent ''

Gymnuromys The voalavoanala (''Gymnuromys roberti'') is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Gymnuromys''. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is tropical dry forest The tropical and subtrop ...

'' in Madagascar) * ''

Andreacarus hemicentetes ''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 s ...

'' Fain, 1991 (on the tenrec '' Hemicentetes'' in Madagascar) * ''

Andreacarus matthyssei ''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 s ...

'' Fain, 1991 (on the rodent '' Cricetomys'' in Nigeria) * '' Andreacarus petersi'' Radford, 1953 (on the rodents ''Cricetomys'', '' Arvicanthis'', and '' Mastomys'' and the earwig ''

Hemimerus ''Hemimerus'' is a genus of earwigs, in the family Hemimeridae Hemimeridae is a family of earwigs in the suborder Neodermaptera. Hemimeridae was formerly considered a suborder, Hemimerina, but was reduced in rank to family and included in the ...

'' 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 A tenrec is any species of mammal within the afrotherian family Tenrecidae endemic to Madagascar. Tenrecs are wildly diverse; as a result of convergent evolution some resemble hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, rats, and mice. They occupy aquatic, a ...

'' in Madagascar) * '' Andreacarus voalavo'' Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent ''

Voalavo ''Voalavo'' is a genus of rodent in the subfamily Nesomyinae, found only in Madagascar. Two species are known, both of which occur in mountain forest above 1250 m (4100 ft) altitude; the northern voalavo lives in northern Madagascar an ...

'' in Madagascar) * ''

Andreacarus zumpti ''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 s ...

'' Taufflieb, 1956 (on ''Cricetomys'' in mainland Africa)

References

Laelapidae Acari genera {{Laelapidae-stub