An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Hirstionyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina)

This article represents the third (and last) part of the catalogue of ectoparasitic gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia (Siberia and the Russian Far East). A total of 19 species of the genus Hirstionyssus Fonseca, 1948 are indexed, with data on their taxonomic position, nom...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: VINARSKI, MAXIM V., KORALLO-VINARSKAYA, NATALIA P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2020
Subjects:
Acari
ectoparasitic mites
small mammals
host specificity
distribution
synonymy
nomenclature
Mite
Siberia
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4838.1.5
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.5
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Summary:This article represents the third (and last) part of the catalogue of ectoparasitic gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia (Siberia and the Russian Far East). A total of 19 species of the genus Hirstionyssus Fonseca, 1948 are indexed, with data on their taxonomic position, nomenclature, host range, and distribution within the region. As a conclusion, a brief overview of fauna of ectoparasitic gamasid mites parasitising Micromammalia (except bats) of Asiatic Russia is given. In total, 71 mite species belonging to nine genera of three families (Haemogamasidae, Hirstionyssidae, Laelapidae) are recorded and divided among taxonomic and ecological groupings.

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