''Haemogamasus'' 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
Haemogamasidae. In North America, they mostly infect
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
s, in addition to other small mammals such as
shrew
Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different fa ...
s,
talpids, and
Virginia opossum
The Virginia opossum (''Didelphis virginiana''), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending south into Central America. It is the northernmost marsupial in the world. In the United S ...
s.
An unidentified immature ''Haemogamasus'' has been found on the
marsh rice rat
The marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris'') is a semiaquatic North American rodent in the family Cricetidae. It usually occurs in wetland habitats, such as swamps and salt marshes. It is found mostly in the eastern and southern United States, fr ...
(''Oryzomys palustris'') in Georgia.
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Species
* '' Haemogamasus ambulans''
* '' Haemogamasus angustus'' Ma, Ye & Zhang, 1996
* '' Haemogamasus arvicolarum'' Berlese, 1920
* '' Haemogamasus bascanus'' Senotrusova, 1985
* '' Haemogamasus cucurbitoides'' Wang & Pan, in Wang, Pan & Yan 1994
* '' Haemogamasus daliensis'' Tian, 1990
* '' Haemogamasus dauricus'' Bregetova
* '' Haemogamasus dimini'' Senotrusova, 1987
* '' Haemogamasus dorsalis'' Teng & Pan
* '' Haemogamasus emeiensis'' Zhou, 1981
* '' Haemogamasus ghanii'' Williams, in Williams, Smiley & Redington 1978[Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 18]
* '' Haemogamasus gongshanensis'' Tian & Gu, 1989
* '' Haemogamasus gui'' Tian, 1990
* '' Haemogamasus harperi''[Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 3]
* '' Haemogamasus hirsutus'' Berlese, 1889
* '' Haemogamasus horridus'' Michael, 1892
* '' Haemogamasus huangzhongensis'' Yang & Gu, 1986
* '' Haemogamasus keegani''[
* '' Haemogamasus liberensis'' Domrow, 1960
* '' Haemogamasus liponyssoides''][Wilson and Durden, 2003, table 1]
* '' Haemogamasus longitarsus''[
* '' Haemogamasus macrodentilis'' Piao & Ma, 1980
* '' Haemogamasus mandschuricus'' Vitz.
* '' Haemogamasus microti'' Senotrusova, 1985
* '' Haemogamasus multidentis'' Guo & Gu, 1997
* '' Haemogamasus nidi'' Michael, 1892][
* '' Haemogamasus nidiformis'' Bregetova, 1956
* '' Haemogamasus occidentalis''][Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 19]
* '' Haemogamasus onychomydis''[
* '' Haemogamasus pingi'' Chang
* '' Haemogamasus pontiger'' (Berlese, 1903)][
* '' Haemogamasus postsinuatus'' Liu & Ma, 2002
* '' Haemogamasus qinghaiensis'' Yang & Gu, 1985
* '' Haemogamasus reidi''][
* '' Haemogamasus sanxiaensis'' Liu & Ma, in Liu, Hu & Ma 2001
* '' Haemogamasus serdjukovae'' Bregetova, 1949
* '' Haemogamasus sexsetosus'' Guo & Gu, 1998
* '' Haemogamasus suncus'' Allred
* '' Haemogamasus tangkeensis'' Zhou, 1981
* '' Haemogamasus thomomysi'' Williams, in Williams, Smiley & Redington 1978][
* '' Haemogamasus trapezoideus'' Teng & Pan, 1964
* '' Haemogamasus trifurcisetus'' Zhou & Jiang, 1987
* '' Haemogamasus yushuensis'' Sun & Yin, 1995
]
See also
*List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
A variety of parasites have been recorded from the marsh rice rat (''Oryzomys palustris''), a semiaquatic rodent found in the eastern and southern United States, north to New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeaste ...
References
Literature cited
*Estébanes-González, M.L. and Cervantes, F.A. 2005
Mites and ticks associated with some small mammals in Mexico
(subscription required). International Journal of Acarology 31(1):23–37.
*Whitaker, J.O., Walters, B.L., Castor, L.K., Ritzi, C.M. and Wilson, N. 2007
Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico: records since 1974
Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1:1–173.
*Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003
Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis
(subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.
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Mesostigmata
Arachnids of North America