Schizocarpus radiatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985

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 : 54

9. Schizocarpus radiatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985

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

Material. 41 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-020, #1-41) 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- 2011-0504-021, #1-3), same data, 18 April 2003 [beaver #3]; 6 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-022, #1-6), same data [beaver #4]; 13 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-023, #1-13), same data [beaver #5]; 7 males ( ZIN AVB- 2011-0504-023, #1-7], same data [beaver #6].

Microhabitat. Posterior part of back, flanks, and posterior legs.

Distribution. Described from the Eurasian beaver (undetermined subspecies) from unknown locality in Europe ( Fain & Lukoschus 1985), from C. f. orientoeuropaeus from Russia (Voronezh Reserve) ( Bochkov & Dubinina 2011), 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).