14. Schizocarpus gozdziewskii Bochkov, Labrzycka, Skoracki and Saveljev, 2012

Schizocarpus gozdziewskii Bochkov et al., 2012: 51, fig. 9 Schizocarpus sp., Bochkov & Dubinina 2011: 64

Material examined. 9 males (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-019, #1-9) ex Castor fiber tuvinicus [beaver #2, sample 5], RUSSIA: Tuva, Todzhinskii District, upstream water of Azas River, 52º25’N, 96º38’E, 9 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 1 male (ZISP AVB-2012-0203-020), beaver #2, sample 12; 5 males (ZISP AVB- 2012-0203-021, #1–5), beaver #5, sample 4, downstream of Azas River, 52º32’N, 97º15’E, 16 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev.

Microhabitat. Dorsum, one mite from flank.

Distribution. Recorded from several hosts: 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).