Listrophorus is a genus of parasitic mites in the family Listrophoridae. North American species with their hosts include:Whitaker and Wilson, 1974, p. 11; Whitaker et al., 2007, pp. 23–24 Listrophorus americanus – muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Listrophorus caudatus – round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) Listrophorus dicrostonyx – collared lemming (Dicrostonyx) Listrophorus dozieri – muskrat; Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Listrophorus faini – muskrat Listrophorus floridanus – southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) Listrophorus kingstownensis – muskrat Listrophorus klebergi – hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus); hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) Listrophorus laynei – round-tailed muskrat Listrophorus leuckarti – meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus); house mouse (Mus musculus) Listrophorus mexicanus – sagebrush vole (Lemmiscus curtatus); rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus); montane vole (Microtus montanus); prairie vole (Microtus ochrogaster); creeping vole (Microtus oregoni); meadow vole; water vole (Microtus richardsoni); Townsend's vole (Microtus townsendii); western red-backed vole (Myodes californicus); southern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi); southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi); white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus); house mouse; woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis); meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius); western jumping mouse (Zapus princeps); least weasel (Mustela nivalis); pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus); Townsend's mole (Scapanus townsendii); marsh shrew (Sorex bendirii); long-tailed shrew (Sorex dispar) Listrophorus neotomae – Florida woodrat (Neotoma floridana); southern Plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) Listrophorus ondatrae – muskrat Listrophorus phenacomys – eastern heather vole (Phenacomys ungava) Listrophorus pitymys – northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda); meadow vole; pine vole (Microtus pinetorum) Listrophorus sparsilineatus – cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) Listrophorus synaptomys – northern bog lemming (Synaptomys borealis); southern bog lemming Listrophorus validus – muskrat
An unidentified species has been recorded on the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia.Morlan, 1952, table 2
See also List of parasites of the marsh rice rat
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