Vinarski, Maxim V.;Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P.
Haemogamasus
Sign in to saveHaemogamasus is a genus of mites in the family Haemogamasidae. In North America, they mostly infect rodents, in addition to other small mammals such as shrews, talpids, and Virginia opossums.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 94
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Parasitidae
- Collections
- UAM, MZLU, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACAROLOGY LABORATORY, COLUMBUS, OH (OSAL), PU
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden
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- Parent taxon
- Laelapidae
- Image
- Haemogamasus hirsutus by Oudemans.png
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Haemogamasus is a genus of mites in the family Haemogamasidae. In North America, they mostly infect rodents, in addition to other small mammals such as shrews, talpids, and Virginia opossums.
An unidentified immature Haemogamasus has been found on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia.
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