Laelaps ekstremi Zakhvatkin 1948
- Dataset
- An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Laelapidae s. str. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Mesostigmata
- family
- Ascidae
- genus
- Laelaps
- species
- Laelaps ekstremi
discussion
Remarks. Zakhvatkin (1948) acknowledged that his species (L. ekstremi) is very similar to L. jettmari Vitzthum, 1930 from Manchuria. Bregerova (1956) synonymised the two species, but Costa (1961) rejected this synonymy and reestabished L. ekstremi as a valid species (see also Mrciak, 1964).
distribution
Distribution. Europe, Northern and Central Asia eastward to the Russian Far East, China and Japan (Zakhvatkin, 1948; Goncharova et al., 1991). In Siberia, it has been recorded from Transbaikalia (Goncharova et al., 1991).
materials_examined
Type locality. Russia, Volgograd Region, Kotelnikov District. Type host. Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778). Principal hosts. Voles of the genus Microtus (according to Zakhvatkin, 1948).
Name
- Homonyms
- Laelaps ekstremi Zakhvatkin 1948