Prolistrophorus bakeri (Radford)

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

Prolistrophorus bakeri (Radford)

Ex Sigmodon hispidus (hispid cotton rat): 2M, 2F, TN, Sevier Co., near Wear Cove, Collector unknown, 17 Nov. 1991.

Prolistrophorus bakeri mainly occurs on the hispid cotton rat but it has also been recorded from the rice rat, Oryzomys palustris , as recorded by Fain & Hyland (1974). This appears to be the first record of this mite from the Park.