Great Smoky Mountains National Park Acari Checklist

Acari Checklist

Overview
Acari Checklist
References

Overview

This preliminary list of the parasitic mites and ticks of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was provided by Dr. Lance A. Durden (Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460) and Will Reeves (Dept. of Entomology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634). Other records and families of Acari will be added as they become available. If you are aware of other records please contact James Cokendolpher at Cokendolpher@aol.com.

Index
Acari Checklist

Preliminary List of the Parasitic Mites and Ticks of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Family Ixodidae
Amblyomma americanum
Dermacentor albipictus
Dermacentor variabilis
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
Ixodes angustus
Ixodes cookei
Ixodes scapularis
Ixodes texanus
Family Laelapidae
Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (=A. glasgowi)
Androlaelaps casalis
Eulaelaps stabularis
Laelaps kochi
Laelaps stupkai

Family Myocoptidae
Myocoptes musculinus

Family Scutacaridae
Acarapis woodi (Rennie, 1921)
Family Trombiculidae
Trombicula(Leptotrombidium) sp.

Index
References

Linzey, DW (1968). An ecological study of the golden mouse, Ochrotomys nuttalli, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Am. Midl. Nat. 79: 320-345.

Linzey, DW & D. A. Crossley. (1973). A new species of Laelaps from the lemming mouse, Synaptomys cooperi. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 73: 408-410.

Linzey, DW & A. V. Linzey. (1968). Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 84: 384-414.

Linzey, DW & A. V. Linzey. (1973). Notes on parasites of small mammals from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee-North Carolina. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 89: 120.

Linzey, D.W. (1995). Mammals of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park- 1995 Update. J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 111: 1-81.

Updated: 19 August, 2004