Hirstionyssus davydovae Nikol’sky 1984
- 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 davydovae
biology_ecology
Host range: Three species of mammals have been indicated as hosts of H. davydovae: Clethrionomys rutilus, Microtus oeconomus Pallas, 1776, and Sorex tundrensis Merriam, 1900 (Nikol’sky 1984).
distribution
Distribution: This poorly studied mite is known only from several locations situated in the northern part of Western Siberia (Nikol’sky 1984).
materials_examined
Type locality: Russia, Tyumen Region, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, in the vicinities of Salekhard City, in forest-tundra. Type series: SZM. Type host: Clethrionomys rutilus (Pallas, 1774), the northern red-backed vole.