Hirstionyssus pavlovskyi Zemskaya, 1959

Hirstionyssus pavlovskyii Zemskaya 1959: 486, figs 1–3.

Echinonyssus pavlovskyi — Tenorio 1984: 276.

Hirstionyssus pavlovskyi — Koroleva 1977: 138, figs 4 (5), 6 (6); Nikulina 1987: 233, 234; Goncharova et al. 1991: 75.

Type locality: Russia, Primorye region, upper courses of the Iman River .

Type series: Unknown (possibly in EMAMS). ZIN collection has two specimens (females; accession numbers 6410 and 6411) of H. pavlovskyi collected and identified by Zemskaya in 1957. The sampling site and host ( Eutamias sibiricus) coincide with data provided in the original description (Zemskaya 1959). These two females may originate from the type series of H. pavlovskyi .

Type hosts: Eutamias sibiricus (Laxmann, 1769), the Siberian chipmunk, and Pteromys volans (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Host range: Goncharova et al. (1991) consider Eutamias sibiricus as the principal and virtually exclusive mammal host of this mite. However, according to other authors, various species of voles ( Clethrionomys, Microtus), mice, shrews, squirrels and other Micromammalia may serve as the auxiliary hosts for H. pavlovskyi (Yudin et al. 1976; Nikulina 2004).

Distribution: H. pavlovskyi is endemic to Asiatic Russia. It is distributed in Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, including the extreme northeast of Asia (Yudin et al. 1976; Goncharova et al. 1991; Nikulina 2004).

Notes: Hirstionyssus pavlovskyi Mrciak, 1974 is a junior homonym of H. pavlovskyi Zemskaja, 1959 . Koyumdzhieva (1978) introduced Hirstionyssus nitedula as a replacement name for the former.