Haemolaelaps semidesertus Bregetova, 1952: 870, figs 11–13, 16.
Haemolaelaps semidesertus. — Bregetova, 1955 a: 305, 311, figs 606 –607, 623, 628; Bregetova, 1956: 91, 99, figs 136, 137, 147, 148, 152, 163; Lange, 1958: 203, pl. LXXII, fig. К.
Androlaelaps semidesertus. — Bregetova, 1977 b: 534, fig. 426, 7; Senotrusova, 1987: 184, fig. 91.
Type locality. Astrakhan’ and Volgograd Regions of European Russia; Tajikistan.
Type hosts. The syntypes (ZIN collection) were collected from jerboas Allactaga major (Kerr, 1792) = Allactaga jaculus (Pallas, 1778) and A. elater (Lichtenstein, 1828).
Principal hosts. Gerbils, ground squirrels and jerboas of diffent taxa (Lange, 1958; Senotrusova, 1987; Chirov & Tranbaev 1992).
Distribution. Southern part of Eastern Europe, Kazakhstan, Central Asia (Senotrusova, 1987; Chirov & Tranbaev, 1992; Nikulina, 2004). Known from the Altay and Novosibirsk regions of Western Siberia (Davydova & Belova, 1972; Nikulina, 2004).