Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in NE Poland (Suwałki)
Author
Bochkov, Andre V.
Author
Labrzycka, Anna
Author
Skoracki, Maciej
Author
Saveljev, Alexander P.
text
Zootaxa
2012
3162
39
59
journal article
45642
10.5281/zenodo.209978
63ba4cd4-dc7a-438f-b152-6fa11e4bc5d8
1175-5326
209978
18.
Schizocarpus pygidialis
Fain and Lukoschus, 1985
(
Fig. 12
A, B)
Schizocarpus pygidialis
Fain and Lukoschus, 1985
: 48
, figs. 22–24;
Bochkov & Dubinina 2011
: 63
Material.
1 male
(
ZIN
AVB-
2011-0504-042) from
Castor fiber belorussicus
[beaver #3],
POLAND
: Podlaskie Voivodeship, Suwałki County, near Wiżajny village,
54°21'50''N
,
22°52'6''E
,
18 April 2003
, coll. A. Labrzycka;
1 male
(
ZIN
AVB-
2011-0504-043), same data [beaver #5];
1 male
(
ZIN
AVB-
2011-0504-044), same data [beaver #6].
Microhabitat.
One specimen from tail base; two specimens, probably accidental, on head and anterior leg, respectively.
Distribution.
Described from the Eurasian beaver (undetermined subspecies) from unknown locality in Europe (
Fain & Lukoschus 1985
), from
C. f. orientoeuropaeus
from
Russia
(Voronezh Reserve) (
Bochkov & Dubinina 2011
), and from
C. f. belorussicus
from
Poland
(Suwałki) (present paper).