Hirstionyssus confucianus (Hirst 1921)
- Dataset
- An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Hirstionyssidae (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Mesostigmata
- family
- Dermanyssidae
- genus
- Hirstionyssus
- species
- Hirstionyssus confucianus
biology_ecology
Host range: The species of the genus Myospalax (zokors) are the principal hosts of this mite (Tenorio 1985). In Siberia, H. confucianus is associated with the Daurian zokor, Myospalax aspalax Pallas, 1776 (Goncharova et al. 1991); occasional recordings of this parasite from the narrow-headed vole (M. gregalis), marmots, and the Siberian jerboa, Allactaga sibirica Foster, 1778, are known (Nikulina 2004).
distribution
Distribution: Far East. Found in some areas of Southern Siberia (Irkutsk Region, Transbaikalia) [Goncharova et al. 1991; Nikulina 2004].
materials_examined
Type locality: North China, “ Yu-Lin-Fu, Shansi ”. Type series: NHMUK. The type secies includes the lectotype and 12 paralectotypes (7 females, 5 deutonymphs). The lectotype was designated by Tenorio (1984; for more details see Tenorio 1985). Type host: Stated as “ Myospalax scansus ” = Eospalax cansus (Lyon 1907), the Gansu zokor (see Zhou & Zhou 2008 for details).