Laelaps semitectus L. Koch 1879

• Main Authors: Vinarski, Maxim V., Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P.
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• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Mesostigmata; Ascidae; Laelaps; Laelaps semitectus; Arctic Lemming; Dicrostonyx torquatus; Greenland; Lemmus sibiricus; Novaya Zemlya; Wrangel Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619418; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A76187C2BE68E677FFC6F9C4EEAFFE6B

14. Laelaps semitectus (L. Koch, 1879) Sejus semitectus L. Koch, 1879: 123, Taf. V, fig. 5. Ichoronyssus semitectus . — Ewing, 1923: 13. Laelaps hilaris . — Kramer & Neuman, 1883: 529, non C.L. Koch, 1836. Laelaps pachypus . — Kramer & Neuman, 1883: 529, non Hermann, 1804 nec C.L. Koch, 1838. Laelaps semitectus . — Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958: 69; Grokhovskaya, 1960: 1093; Tipton, 1960: 307; Nikulina, 1987: 230, 232. Liponyssus semitectus . — Trågärdh, 1904: 31, textfigs 48–51. Type locality. Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Gåskup. Type hosts. Myodes obensis = Lemmus sibiricus . Principal host. The Arctic lemming, Dicrostonyx torquatus (according to Pallas, 1778) (Belyaev, 1969; Bogdanov, 1975; Nikulina, 2004). Distribution. Northern Eurasia, from Arkhangel’sk Region of Russia eastwards to northeastern Asia, including Wrangel Island (Belyaev, 1969; Zemskaya, 1973; Nikulina, 2004); Greenland (Trågärdh, 1904). A record of this species from Sweden was questioned by Edler & Mehl (1972). Indeed, D . torquatus is not known to occur in Scandinavian countries (Panteleev, 1998), and the finding of L . semitectus there seems unlikely. However, both Lemmus and Dicrostonyx occupied much wider geographic ranges in the recent geological history (Fedorov & Goropashnaya, 1999). 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 pages 231-232, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4111.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256941