Hirstionyssus eversmanni Zemskaya, 1955

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Hirstionyssus eversmanni Zemskaya, 1955

Hirstionyssus eversmanni Zemskaya 1955: 366 , figs 745–763.

Hirstionyssus eversmanni Bregetova 1956: 181 , figs 422–425; Senotrusova 1987: 100; Mašán & Fend’a 2010: 129. Echinonyssus eversmanni — Tenorio 1984: 268.

Type locality: No exact locality was reported. Zemskaya (1955) mentioned H. eversmanni from the Volgograd Region of Russia and the Kustanay Region of Kazakhstan. The probable syntypes ( ZIN) were collected in the latter area .

Type series: Unknown (possibly in EMAMS). Probable syntypes—ZIN (collection numbers 6566–6568) .

Type host: Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt, 1859) , the Eversmann’s hamster.

Host range: Most often found on hamsters (the genera Cricetus , Allocricetulus ), in Kazakhstan it parasitises some species of the genus Lagurus (steppe lemmings) [ Senotrusova 1987; Nikulina 2004]. H. eversmanni may occasionally be associated with other rodents (voles, mice, ground squirrels).

Distribution: Southern part of Eastern Europe, south of Asiatic Russia; eastern Kazakhstan ( Zemskaya 1973; Senotrusova 1987; Nikulina 2004). In Asiatic Russia, H. eversmanni inhabits some areas of southwest Siberia and southern parts of Primorye, Russian Far East (Davydova & Nikol’skiy 1986; Nikulina 2004).