8. Schizocarpus fedjushini (Dubinina, 1964)

Histiophorus fedjushini Dubinina, 1964: 123, fig. 9.1–4

Schizocarpus fedjushini, Fain & Lukoschus 1985: 45, figs. 8, 9, 11; Dubinina et al. 1993: 451; Bochkov et al. 2012: 55 Schizocarpus mingaudi Trouessart, 1896, Fedjushin 1935: 337, fig. 110 (incorrect determination)

Material examined. 2 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-006, #1, 2) ex Castor fiber tuvinicus [beaver #1, sample 1], RUSSIA: Tuva, Todzhinskii District, upstream water of Azas River, 52º25’N, 96º38’E, 8 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 3 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-007, #1-3), beaver #1, sample 6, same data; 30 males (ZISP AVB-2012- 0203-002, #1-30), beaver #2, sample 1, same locality, 9 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 2 males (ZISP AVB- 2012-0203-004, #1, 2), beaver #2, sample 11, same data; 1 male (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-013), beaver #2, sample 3, same data; 2 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-005, #1, 2), beaver #3, sample 1, downstream of Azas River, 52º32’N, 97º15’E, 15 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 7 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-010, #1-10), beaver #3, sample 2, same data; 17 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-003, #1-17), beaver #4, sample 1, same locality, 16 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 1 male (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-008), beaver #5, sample 12, same locality, 17 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 11 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-009), beaver #5, sample 2; same data; 1 male (ZISP AVB-2012- 0203-012), beaver #5, sample 3, same data .

Microhabitat. Head and neck dorsally; few mites on anterior legs, flanks, and base of tail dorsally.

Distribution. Recorded on C. f. orientoeuropaeus from Russia (Voronezh Reserve) (Dubinina 1964), from C. fiber (undetermined subspecies) from unknown locality in Europe (Fain & Lukoschus 1985), from C. f. belorussicus from Belorussia (Berezina River) (Fedjushin 1935), Poland (Suwałki) (Bochkov et al. 2012), and from C. f. tuvinicus from Tuva (Azas River) (present paper).