Prolistrophorus bakeri
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| Prolistrophorus bakeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Sarcoptiformes |
| Family: | Listrophoridae |
| Genus: | Prolistrophorus |
| Subgenus: | Beprolistrophorus |
| Species: | P. bakeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Prolistrophorus bakeri (Radford, 1949) | |
Prolistrophorus bakeri is a parasitic mite in the genus Prolistrophorus. Together with the Argentine P. hirstianus, it forms the subgenus Beprolistrophorus.[1] P. bakeri has been found on the hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), and cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Florida[2] and on Oryzomys couesi in Colima.[3] It was formerly placed in the genus Listrophorus.[4]