Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
Author
Reeves, Will K.
Author
Durden, Lance A.
Author
Ritzi, Christopher M.
Author
Beckham, Katy R.
Author
Super, Paul E
Author
Oconnor, Barry M.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1392
31
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273680
b16429f8-be10-4681-ae21-d44e1643a345
11755326
273680
Prolistrophorus bakeri
(Radford)
Ex
Sigmodon hispidus
(hispid cotton rat): 2M, 2F,
TN
, Sevier Co., near Wear Cove, Collector unknown,
17 Nov. 1991
.
Prolistrophorus bakeri
mainly occurs on the hispid cotton rat but it has also been recorded from the rice rat,
Oryzomys palustris
, as recorded by Fain & Hyland (1974). This appears to be the first record of this mite from the Park.