Radfordia palustris explained

Radfordia palustris is a species of mite in the subgenus Hesperomyobia of the genus Radfordia.^[1] It has been recorded on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.^[2]

See also

• List of parasites of the marsh rice rat

Literature cited

• Bochkov, A.V. 1996. Hesperomyobia (Acari: Myobiidae: Radfordia), a new subgenus of myobiid mites from rodents of the family Hesperomyidae (Rodentia). Acarina 4(1–2):39–42.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. Bochkov, 1996, p. 41
2. Whitaker et al., 2007, p. 31