title: Revision of the genus Andreacarus (Acari: Laelapidae) with description of seven new species and a new genus for Australian species formerly placed in Andreacarus.
abstract: The mesostigmatid genus Andreacarus Radford, 1953 (Acari: Laelapidae), species of which are obligatory parasites of small mammals, is revised. Andreacarus includes 11 species, four species previously recognized and seven new species described from Madagascar hosts: A. brachyuromys sp. n. from Brachyuromys betsileoensis Bartlett, A. eliurus sp. n. from Eliurus species, A. gymnuromys sp. n. from Gymnuromys roberti Major, A. voalavo sp. n. from Voalavo gymnocaudus Carleton & Goodman, A. nesomys sp. n. from Nesomys rufus Peters-all from nesomyid rodents; A. tenrec sp. n. from Tenrec ecaudatus Schreber (Afrosoricida: Tenrecidae); and A. galidia from Galidia elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (Carnivora: Viverridae). An amended generic diagnosis and key to females are also given. Six species described in Andreacarus from Australian and New Guinean hosts are removed and transferred to the new genus, Juxtalaelaps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S-225 Agriculture Sciences Bldg. North, Lexington, KY 40546-0091, USA. ashley.dowling@uky.edu
authors.forename: Ashley P G
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: Andre V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bochkov
authors.forename: Barry M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D008270:Madagascar; D008297:Male; D008924:Mite Infestations / Q000662:veterinary; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity