16. Schizocarpus insignis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985

Schizocarpus insignis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985: 65, figs. 78, 79; Bochkov et al. 2012: 58

Material examined. 6 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-029, #1-6) ex Castor fiber tuvinicus [beaver #1, sample 6], RUSSIA: Tuva, Todzhinskii District, upstream water of Azas River, 52º25’N, 96º38’E, 8 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 4 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-030, #1-4), beaver #2, sample 5, same locality, 9 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 1 male (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-031), beaver #4, sample 1, downstream of Azas River, 52º32’N, 97º15’E, 16 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev.

Microhabitat. Posterior dorsum, one mite from head dorsally.

Distribution. Recorded from several hosts: C. fiber (undetermined subspecies) from an unknown locality in Europe, C. f. albicus from Germany (Elba River), C. f. birulai from Mongolia (Bulgan-gol River) (Fain & Lukoschus 1985), C. f. belorussicus from Poland (Suwałki) (Bochkov et al. 2012), and C. f. tuvinicus from Tuva (Azas River) (present paper).