An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Haemogamasidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina) Author Vinarski, Maxim V. Author Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P. text Zootaxa 2017 4273 1 1 18 journal article 28695 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.1.1 bc3175fc-8f7f-4b44-9377-d1fd2dfeba84 1175-5326 818303 FED562EC-7139-485D-BB6F-6D18769F47C3 Haemogamasus kusumotoi Asanuma, 1951 Haemogamasus kusumotoi Asanuma, 1951b : 18 , fig. d. Haemogamasus kusumotoi .— Bregetova, 1956a : 142 ; Bregetova, 1956b : 1652 ; Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958 : 133 ; Goncharova & Buyakova, 1961 : 278 , fig. 3 (1–6); Allred, 1969 : 110 , fig. M-14; Garrett & Allred, 1971 : 294 ; Nikulina, 1987 : 223 , fig. 116 (2, 19); Goncharova et al ., 1991 : 54 . Type locality. China , northwestern Manchuria. Type specimens. According to Strandtmann & Wharton (1958) , the type specimen was in the collection of K. Asanuma; its current location is unknown. Type host. Marmota sibirica . Principal hosts. In Transbaikalia, Hg . kusumotoi is known as a common inhabitant of nests of hamsters – Cricetulus barabensis and Phodopus sungorus ( Goncharova & Buyakova, 1961 ; Goncharova et al ., 1991 ). In Manchuria, the species was collected from several species of rodents of the genera Apodemus , Mus , Rattus , Tscherskia and some others ( Bregetova, 1956b ). Distribution. Central Asia, Turkey ( Allred, 1969 ; Garrett & Allred, 1971 ; Goncharova et al ., 1991 ). In Asiatic Russia , Hg . kusumotoi has been recorded from Transbaikalia and Republic of Buryatia ( Goncharova et al ., 1991 ; Nikulina, 2004 ).