Hirstionyssus eusoricis Bregetova 1956

• Main Authors: Vinarski, Maxim V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Dermanyssidae; Hirstionyssus; Hirstionyssus eusoricis; Davydova; Goncharova; Nikulina; Tenorio; Mite; Siberia
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4560901; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4560901

Hirstionyssus eusoricis Bregetova, 1956 Hirstionyssus eusoricis Bregetova 1956: 184, 191, figs 426, 427, 428, 472 (nom. nov. pro Hirstionyssus soricis sensu Zemskaya, 1955 non Turk, 1945). Echinonyssus eusoricis — Tenorio 1984: 267. Hirstionyssus eusoricis — Lange 1958: 216, pl. LXXVII (Л), pl. LXXVIII (Л); Nikulina 1987: 233, 234, fig. 118(9); Senotrusova 1987: 89, fig. 43; Goncharova et al. 1991: 69. Hirstionyssus soricis— Zemskaya 1955: 360, figs 782–784; Mašán & Fend’a 2010: 151, figs 160–165. Type locality: No exact type locality is reported. Bregetova (1956) cited findings of this species from Estonia, some regions of European Russia, as well as from western Kazakhstan. Type series: Unknown (not found in ZIN). Type hosts: Sorex araneus Linnaeus, 1758 and Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771. Host range: Though H. eusoricis is usually regarded as a specific parasite of shrews and other soricimorph mammals (Zemskaya 1973; Senotrusova 1987), the findings of this mite from different species of rodents and even from bird nests are known (Nikulina 2004; Mašán & Fend’a 2010). Anyway, the insectivores remain the principal hosts for this parasite. Distribution: Northern Eurasia; widespread in Asiatic Russia, where occurs in both Siberia and the Russian Far East (Davydova & Nikol’sky 1986; Nikulina 1987, 2004; Goncharova et al. 1991). Notes: Tenorio (1984) supposed that H. eusoricis may be a synonym of H. soricis (Turk, 1945). This synonymy has been accepted by Mašán & Fend’a (2010) but not followed by Russian authors (Nikulina 1987, 2004; Goncharova et al. 1991; Korallo 2009). Published as part of Vinarski, Maxim V. & Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P., 2020, An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Hirstionyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina), pp. 102-118 in Zootaxa 4838 (1) on page 107, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4403711