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

Macrocheles sp.

Ex Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum): 1 F, TN, Cocke Co., Cosby, 10 Jan. 2003, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3049. Some species of macrochelid mites are known to be phoretic on mammals including Macrocheles

mesochthonius on D. virginiana in North America (Krantz & Whitaker 1988).