Myocoptes japonensis 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 : 55

Myocoptes japonensis Radford

Ex Myodes gapperi (southern red­backed vole): 2F, NC, Swain Co., Indian Gap, 3 Jun. 2001, E. B. Pivorun, L­2975.

Whitaker & Wilson (1974) reported M. japonensis from three species of voles (including M. gapperi ) and one species of sciurid ( Marmota monax ) in North America but this is the first record for North Carolina and the Park.