Eulaelaps

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 52

Eulaelaps sp.

Ex Cervus elaphus (elk) (introduced): 1F, NC, Haywood Co., Cataloochee, 9 Jan. 2003, W. K. Reeves, L­ 3020.

Eulaelaps spp. are generally not associated with elk and this is an unusual host association. Some Eulaelaps live preys on other small arthropods and could have been hitchhiking on the elk.