Arthropods infesting small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) near Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska Author Howell, Lindsey Author Jelden, Katelyn Author Rácz, Elizabeth Author Gardner, Scott L. Author Gettinger, Donald text Insecta Mundi 2016 2016-04-15 2016 478 1 16 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5170591 1942-1354 5170591 B7E405E4-1ED7-477F-926E-C8A6FDB7FB1D Androlaelaps geomys (Strandtmann) Type host: Geomys sp. from Brooks Co., Georgia . Deposition, host records, and locality: HWML 92014, G. lutescens /Ackley 2013; HWML 101702, 101704, 101705, and 101708, G. lutescens /Ackley 2013; HWML 92022, G. lutescens /Ackley 2013; HWML 92032, 101737, 101746, and 101750, G. lutescens / Ackley 2013; HWML 92041, G. lutescens /Ackley 2013; HWML 92048, G. lutescens /Ackley 2013; HWML 101786, 101787, 101788, 101790, and 92051, G. lutescens /Ackley 2013. Remarks: Androlaelaps geomys is a pleioxenous ectoparasite reported exclusively from fossorial rodents ( Geomyidae ). It appears to infest all geomyid species, including Thomomys , Geomys , and Cratogeomys ( Miller and Ward 1960 ; Rust 1973 ; Whitaker et al. 2007 ; Wilkins and Houck 2001 ). This association was first recorded in Nebraska by Rapp (1962) from G. lutescens , near Chadron, in Dawes County. The mite is easily distinguished from other Androlaelaps infesting small mammals by the gnathosome with a distinct labial-brush.