title: Gigantolaelaps gilmorei Fonseca, 1939 (Acari: Laelapidae): taxonomic status, lectotype and paralectotype designation and new distributional records.
abstract: A lectotype series is designated for Gigantolaelaps gilmorei Fonseca, 1939 in the Acari Collection of the Instituto Butantan in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This laelapid mite species has a widespread geographical distribution. We report a close association with Oryzomys russatus (Wagner) in southeastern Brazil and Argentina, the most southerly part of its range. In Paraguay, the primary host is O. nitidus (Thomas).
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y de Vectores, Calle 2 No. 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lareschi
authors.forename: Fernanda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nieri-Bastos
authors.forename: Darci Moraes
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Barros-Battesti
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nava
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beldoménico
authors.forename: Analía
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Autino
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gettinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology; D013020:South America