Euschoengastia peromysci

Euschoengastia peromysci is a mite in the genus Euschoengastia of the family Trombiculidae. Recorded hosts include the cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus) and marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris) in Georgia; the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), northern red-backed vole (Myodes gapperi), northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus), rock vole (Microtus chrotorrhinus), white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), and deermouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) in Tennessee; and northern red-backed vole, southern bog lemming (Synaptomys cooperi), masked shrew (Sorex cinereus), and eastern red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in North Carolina, among others.

Literature cited

 * Reeves, W.K., Durden, L.A., Ritzi, C.M., Beckham, K.R., Super, P.E. and O'Connor, B.M. 2007. Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA (abstract only). Zootaxa 1392:31–68.
 * Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.