Schizocarpus capitis ( Dubinina, 1964 )

Bochkov, Andre V., Labrzycka, Anna, Skoracki, Maciej & Saveljev, Alexander P., 2012, Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in NE Poland (Suwałki), Zootaxa 3162, pp. 39-59 : 55

11. Schizocarpus capitis ( Dubinina, 1964)

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Histiophorus capitis Dubinina, 1964: 121 , fig. 8, 1–4

Schizocarpus capitis, Fain & Lukoschus 1985: 48 , figs. 20, 21, 26; Dubinina et al. 1993: 451

Material. 8 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-026, #1-8) from Castor fiber belorussicus [beaver #2], POLAND: Podlaskie Voivodeship, Suwałki County, near Wiżajny village, 54°21'50''N, 22°52'6''E, 17 April 2003, coll. A. Labrzycka; 3 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-027, #1-3), same data, 18 April 2003 [beaver #3]; 38 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011- 0504-028, #1-38), same data [beaver #4]; 7 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-029, #1-7), same data [beaver #5]; 5 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-030, #1-5), same data [beaver #6].

Microhabitat. Head and neck dorsally.

Distribution. Described from C. f. orientoeuropaeus from Russia (Voronezh Reserve) ( Dubinina 1964), from C. f. albicus from Germany (Elba River) and C. fiber (undetermined subspecies) from unknown locality in Europe ( Fain & Lukoschus 1985), and from C. f. belorussicus from Poland (Suwałki) (present paper).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Details of Schizocarpus spp., male: A— S. parahumilis sp. nov. in ventral view; B—same, leg III, in ventral view; C—adanal shield of S. pseudonumerosus sp. nov.; D—adanal shields of S. radiatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985; E—adanal sucker of S. capitis (Dubinina, 1964) (Photo with Leica microscope).