Myocoptes japonensis Radford

Ex Myodes gapperi (southern red­backed vole): 2F, NC, Swain Co., Indian Gap, 3 Jun. 2001, E. B. Pivorun, L­2975.

Whitaker & Wilson (1974) reported M. japonensis from three species of voles (including M. gapperi) and one species of sciurid ( Marmota monax) in North America but this is the first record for North Carolina and the Park.