Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Eulaelaps

Description

Eulaelaps sp.

Ex Cervus elaphus (elk) (introduced): 1F, NC, Haywood Co., Cataloochee, 9 Jan. 2003, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3020.

Eulaelaps spp. are generally not associated with elk and this is an unusual host association. Some Eulaelaps live preys on other small arthropods and could have been hitchhiking on the elk.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 31-68 in Zootaxa 1392 on page 52, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273680

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Laelapidae
Genus
Eulaelaps
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus