Open AccessTHE GENUS LAELAPS IN AUSTRALIA (ACARINA: LAELAPIDAE)
Author(s) -
Domrow R.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1965.tb00640.x
Subject(s) - biology , key (lock) , zoology , genus , ecology
The Australian rodents (all Muridae) are parasitized by thirteen species of Laelaps , including L. albycia sp. n. from Gyomys fumeus in Victoria. A key is provided for these species, which are newly assigned to three species‐groups based on morphological characters and correlated with host preferences.