Macrocheles sp.

Ex Didelphis virginiana (Virginia opossum): 1F, TN, Cocke Co., Cosby, 10 Jan. 2003, W. K. Reeves, L­3049. Some species of macrochelid mites are known to be phoretic on mammals including Macrocheles mesochthonius on D. virginiana in North America (Krantz & Whitaker 1988).