Andreacarus
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Andreacarus is a genus of mite
s in the family Laelapidae
that are parasitic on small mammals and earwig
s 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:
Mite
Mites, along with ticks, are small arthropods belonging to the subclass Acari and the class Arachnida. The scientific discipline devoted to the study of ticks and mites is called acarology.-Diversity and systematics:...
s in the family Laelapidae
Laelapidae
Laelapidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.-Genera:* Aetholaelaps Strandtmann & Camin, 1956* Alphalaelaps Radford, 1951* Andreacarus Radford, 1953* Androlaelaps Berlese, 1903* Angosomaspis Costa, 1971...
that are parasitic on small mammals and earwig
Earwig
Earwigs make up the insect order Dermaptera, found throughout the Americas, Africa, Eurasia, Australia and New Zealand. With 1,800 species in 12 families, they are one of the smaller insect orders...
s 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 Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent BrachyuromysBrachyuromysBrachyuromys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It contains the following species:* Betsileo Short-tailed Rat * Gregarious Short-tailed Rat...
in Madagascar) - Andreacarus eliurus Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent EliurusEliurusEliurus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.It contains the following species:* Tsingy Tufted-tailed Rat * Ankarana Special Reserve 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 in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus hemicentetes Fain, 1991 (on the tenrec HemicentetesHemicentetesHemicentetes is a genus of tenrec with two species....
in Madagascar) - Andreacarus matthyssei Fain, 1991 (on the rodent Cricetomys in Nigeria)
- Andreacarus petersi Radford, 1953 (on the rodents Cricetomys, ArvicanthisArvicanthisArvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats-Species:Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice...
, and MastomysMastomysMastomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Awash Mastomys * Southern Multimammate Mouse * Guinea Multimammate Mouse...
and the earwig HemimerusHemimerusHemimerus is a genus of earwigs, in the family Hemimeridae . It one of two genera in the family Hemimeridae, and contains ten species:*Hemimerus advectus Rehn & Rehn, 1936*Hemimerus bouvieri Chopard, 1934...
in mainland Africa) - Andreacarus nesomys Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent NesomysNesomysNesomys is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found only on Madagascar, and contains the following species:* White-bellied Nesomys * Western Nesomys * Nesomys narindaensis †...
in Madagascar) - Andreacarus tenrec Dowling et al., 2007 (on the tenrec Tenrec in Madagascar)
- Andreacarus voalavoAndreacarus voalavoAndreacarus voalavo is a parasitic mite found on the Malagasy rodent Voalavo gymnocaudus. First described in 2007, it is closely related to Andreacarus gymnuromys and Andreacarus eliurus, which are found on other Malagasy rodents. The length of the idiosoma, the main body, is 630 to 670 μm in...
Dowling et al., 2007 (on the rodent VoalavoVoalavoVoalavo 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 altitude; Voalavo gymnocaudus lives in northern Madagascar and Voalavo antsahabensis is restricted to a small area in the central part...
in Madagascar) - Andreacarus zumpti Taufflieb, 1956 (on Cricetomys in mainland Africa)