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Ornithodoros {Pavlovskyella) parkeri Cooley (parasite) 
Records: Colusa Co.: Wilbur Springs Mine. Stanislaus Co.: sandstone cave. 
Comment: This species of tick infests burrows and nests of small mammals and burrowing owls. It was taken from sand 
in the cave and contained the causative agent of relapsing fever. 
Bibliography: Davis, Wynns, and Beck (1941); Kohls, Sonenshine, and Clifford (1965). 
ORDER TROMBIDIFORME S 
Undetermined 
Records: Siskiyou Co.: Catacombs Cave; Fem Cave; Merrill Ice Cave; Valentine Cave. 
Comment: The specimens from Fem Cave and Valentine Cave are reported as actinetid mites. Those from Catacombs Cave 
and Merrill Ice Cave are reported as a trombidioid mite larva. 
Bibliography: Taylor and Krejca (2006). 
Family Anystidae 
Anystus sp. 
Records: Mariposa Co.: Bower Cave. Trinity Co.: Hall City Cave. Tuolumne Co.: Banksula Cave; Milkcan Cave; Pin¬ 
nacle Point Cave; Scorpion Cave; Transplant Mine tailings; Vulture Cave. 
Family Caeculidae 
Caeculus sp. 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Coral Cave. Tuolumne Co.: McLean’s Cave; Transplant Mine tailings. 
Family Cheyletidae 
Cheyletus cacahuamilpensis Baker (troglophile) 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Lost Piton Cave. Colusa Co.: Wilbur Springs Mine. 
Comment: This predaceous mite was collected from bat guano. It was described from Grutas de Cacahuamilpa, Guerrero, 
Mexico. 
Bibliography: Summers and Price (1970). 
Family Eupodidae 
Linopodes probably n. sp. (troglophile?)) 
Records: Mariposa Co.: Bower Cave; Bull Creek Cave. Trinity Co.: Hall City Cave. Tuolumne Co.: Banksula Cave; 
Crystal Palace; Pinnacle Point Cave; Scorpion Cave; Transplant Mine tailings; Vulture Cave. 
Family Labidotomatidae 
Nicoletiella sp. 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Heater Cave; O’Neil’s Cave. Siskiyou Co.: Planetary Dairy Cave; Skunk Hollow Cave; Trail 
Junction Cave. Tuolumne Co.: McLean’s Cave; Transplant Mine tailings. 
Family Pyemotidae 
Pyemotes sp. 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Eagle View Cave No. 2; Lost Piton Cave. Tuolumne Co.: Indian Quarry Cave No. 2. 
Comment: This species probably came off a beetle or other insect. 
Family Pygmophoridae 
Undetermined 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: Catacombs Cave. 
Bibliography: Taylor and Krejca (2006). 
Family Rhagidiidae 
Undetermined 
Records: Amador Co.: Rippled Cave. Calaveras Co.: Grapevine Gulch Cave; Music Hall Cave; Wool Hollow Cave. Fres¬ 
no Co.: Boyden Cave; Millerton Lake Cave System. Inyo Co.: unnamed lava tubes near Crater Mountain. Mariposa Co.: 
Bull Creek Cave; Indian Cave; Spider Cave. Santa Cruz Co.: Stump Cave. Shasta Co.: Pink Coat Cave. Sierra Co.: Ava¬ 
lanche Cave. Siskiyou Co.: Arch Cave No. 2; Bigfoot Cave; Boulevard Cave; Broken Down Palace; Caldwell Ice Caves; 
