Gigantolaelaps gilmorei Fonseca, 1939 (Acari: Laelapidae): taxonomic status, lectotype and paralectotype designation and new distributional records.
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).
Lareschi
Marcela
M
Centro de Estudios Parasitologicos y de Vectores, Calle 2 No. 584, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.
Nieri-Bastos
Fernanda
F
Barros-Battesti
Darci Moraes
DM
Nava
Santiago
S
Beldoménico
Pablo
P
Autino
Analía
A
Gettinger
Donald
D
D000818:Animals; D008925:Mites / Q000145:classification*; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology; D013020:South America