Name - Laelaps giganteus

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4370136 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Searching for generality in the patterns of parasite abundance and distribution: ectoparasites of a South African rodent, Rhabdomys pumilio.
• Evidence of cryptic speciation in mesostigmatid mites from South Africa.
• Limited dispersal in an ectoparasitic mite, Laelaps giganteus, contributes to significant phylogeographic congruence with the rodent host, Rhabdomys.
• Comparative phylogeography of parasitic Laelaps mites contribute new insights into the specialist-generalist variation hypothesis (SGVH).
• The influence of host dispersal on the gene flow and genetic diversity of generalist and specialist ectoparasites.

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