A reclassification of the genus Aplodontopus (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) with a description of Aplodontopus micronyx sp. n. from the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, in Indiana, USA.
The genus Aplodontopus is transferred from the family Glycyphagidae to the family Chortoglyphidae and a new species Aplodontopus micronyx is described. The new species is from the tail-hair follicles of Spermophilus tridecemlineatus in Indiana, USA; deutonymphs and a female are described.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007196:Indiana; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000469:parasitology*