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Eulaelaps cricetuli Vitzthum 1930

Description

Eulaelaps cricetuli Vitzthum, 1930

Eulaelaps cricetuli Vitzthum, 1930: 413, figs 7–9.

Eulaelaps cricetuli.— Bregetova, 1955: 319, figs 650, 654; Bregetova, 1956a: 104, figs 174, 183–186; Lange, 1958: 201, pl. LXXI, D; Strandmann & Wharton, 1958: 128; Goncharova & Buyakova, 1962: 141, fig. 1–3; Allred, 1969: 108, fig. P-5B; Senotrusova, 1987: 152, fig. 74; Goncharova et al., 1991: 19.

Type locality. Northern China (without exact locality).

Type specimens. The Vitzthum collection is kept in Zoologische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates München (Germany).

Type host. Roborowski’s hamster, Phodopus roborowskii (Satunin, 1903) = Phodopus bedfordiae (Thomas, 1908), and Dipus sowerbyi Thomas, 1908.

Principal hosts. In Asiatic Russia—two species of hamsters: Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas, 1773), and Phodopus sungorus (Pallas, 1773) (Goncharova & Buyakova, 1962). Also, it is more or less common in nests of the narrow-headed vole, Microtus gregalis (Pallas, 1779) in Transbaikalia (Goncharova et al., 1991).

Distribution. Northern and Central Asia, including Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and the northern Far East (Goncharova et al., 1991). It is widely distributed in Asiatic Russia excluding the northernmost latitudes. Recorded in Central Yakutia and Kamchatka (Nikulina, 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Vinarski, Maxim V. & Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P., 2017, An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Haemogamasidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina), pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 4273 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/818303

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Laelapidae
Genus
Eulaelaps
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vitzthum
Species
cricetuli
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Eulaelaps cricetuli Vitzthum, 1930 sec. Vinarski & Korallo-Vinarskaya, 2017

References

  • Vitzthum, H. (1930) Milben als Pesttrager? Zoologischer Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere, 60, 381 - 428.
  • Bregetova, N. G. (1955) The family Haemogamasidae Ouds. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSSR, 59, 258 - 287. [in Russian]
  • Bregetova, N. G. (1956 a) Gamasid mites (Gamasoidea). Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavaemye Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSSR, 61, 1 - 247. [in Russian]
  • Lange, A. B. (1958) Superfamily Gamasoidea. In: Beklemishev, V. N. (Ed.), Key to arthropods injuring human health. Medgiz, Moscow, pp. 195 - 217. [in Russian]
  • Strandtmann, R. W. & Wharton, G. W. (1958) A Manual of Mesostigmatid Mites Parasitic on Vertebrates. University of Maryland, College Park, 330 pp.
  • Allred, D. M. (1969) Haemogamasid mites of Eastern Asia and Western Pacific with a key to species. Journal of Medical Entomology, 6, 103 - 108.
  • Senotrusova, V. G. (1987) Gamasid mites - parasites of wild animals in Kazakhstan. Nauka, Alma-Ata, 224 pp. [in Russian]
  • Goncharova, A. A., Bondarchuk, A. S. & Vershinina, O. N. (1991) Gamasid mites - Ectoparasites of Mammals in Transbaikalia. Chita State Medical University, Chita, 121 pp. [in Russian]
  • Nikulina, N. A. (2004) A catalogue of parasitic Gamasina mites of mammals of Northern Eurasia (Russia). Aktsioner & Co, Saint-Petersburg, 170 pp. [in Russian]