Laelaps alaskensis Grant 1947

• Main Authors: Vinarski, Maxim V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Ascidae; Laelaps; Laelaps alaskensis; Yamal Peninsula; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619388; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A76187C2BE63E67DFFC6FA3AEBB8F813

2. Laelaps alaskensis Grant, 1947 Laelaps alaskensis Grant 1947: 8, fig. 7. Laelaps alaskensis . — Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958: 59; Tipton, 1960: 266, figs 24f, 26l, 28h, 32t, 33h, 37a, b, 38a; Korallo- Vinarskaya & Vinarski 2012: 30, figs 1–7. Laelaps petrischevae Zemskaya & Lange 1979: 8, fig. 3. Type locality. USA, Alaska, Jack River. Type host. Microtus sp. Principal hosts. In Asiatic Russia—voles of the genus Microtus Schrank, 1798 (Davydova & Nikol’sky, 1986; Mal’kova 2010; Korallo-Vinarskaya & Vinarski 2012). In North America, a range of other host taxa has been reported (Whitaker et al. , 2007). Distribution. North America (USA and Canada), Northern Asia westward to the Yamal peninsula (north of Western Siberia). Zemskaya (1973) mentioned L . alaskensis from Komi Republic of Russia situated in the northeast corner of East Europe. Remarks. Earlier, we (Korallo-Vinarskaya & Vinarski 2012) established a new synonymy: Laelaps petrischevae Zemskaya et Lange, 1979 was identified as a junior synonym of L . alaskensis . Published as part of Vinarski, Maxim V. & Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P., 2016, An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Laelapidae s. str. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina), pp. 223-245 in Zootaxa 4111 (3) on page 226, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4111.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256941