Macrocheles

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 53

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273680
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243953
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E5278780-FFFB-FFDF-FF3B-59BBFB94F9FA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Macrocheles
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Macrocheles sp.

Ex Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum): 1F, TN, Cocke Co., Cosby, 10 Jan. 2003, W. K. Reeves, L3049. Some species of macrochelid mites are known to be phoretic on mammals including Macrocheles mesochthonius on D. virginiana View in CoL in North America (Krantz & Whitaker 1988).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Mesostigmata
Family	Macrochelidae

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