Mesolaelaps Explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Evans Walter . Laelapidae Species Listing . Biology Catalog . . August 31, 2010.
2. Book: Claridge . A.W. . Seebeck . J.H. . Rose . R. . Bettongs, potoroos, and the musky rat-kangaroo . 2007 . CSIRO Pub . Collingwood, Victoria . 9780643093416 . 81 .