13. Schizocarpus radiatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985

Schizocarpus radiatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985: 64, figs. 5, 73, 74, 80; Bochkov & Dubinina 2011: 63; Bochkov et al. 2012: 54

Material examined. 2 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-011, #1, 2) ex Castor fiber tuvinicus [beaver #1, sample 5], RUSSIA: Tuva, Todzhinskii District, upstream water of Azas River, 52º25’N, 96º38’E, 8 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 1 male (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-015), beaver #1, sample 12, same data; 6 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203- 0 14, #1-6), beaver #2, sample 5, same locality, 9 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 5 males (ZISP AVB-2012- 0203-016, #1-5), beaver # 2, sample 6, same data; 5 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-017, #1-5), beaver #2, sample 12, same data; 2 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-018, #1, 2), beaver #4, sample 6, same locality, 16 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev.

Microhabitat. Posterior dorsum and flanks.

Distribution. Recorded from several hosts: a Eurasian beaver (undetermined subspecies) from an unknown locality in Europe (Fain & Lukoschus 1985), C. f. orientoeuropaeus from Russia (Voronezh Reserve) (Bochkov & Dubinina 2011), C. f. belorussicus from Poland (Suwałki) (Bochkov et al. 2012), and C. f. tuvinicus from Tuva (Azas River) (present paper).