Hirstionyssus confucianus (Hirst, 1921)

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Hirstionyssus confucianus (Hirst, 1921)

Liponyssus berlesei Hirst, 1921a: 362 , figs 8–9.

Liponyssus confucianus Hirst 1921b: 789 , nom. nov. pro Liponyssus berlesei Hirst, 1921 non Canestrini, 1888.

Hirstionyssus confucianus — Fonseca 1948: 297; Bregetova 1956: 174, 187, figs 391, 392, 455; Lange 1958: 215, pl. LXXVIII (Г); Koroleva 1977: 135, figs 1 (1), 5(8); Nikulina 1987: 233, 234; Goncharova et al. 1991: 66.

Echinonyssus confucianus — Tenorio 1984: 265. Tenorio 1985: 5, figs 3–5.

Type locality: North China, “Yu-Lin-Fu, Shansi” .

Type series: NHMUK. The type secies includes the lectotype and 12 paralectotypes (7 females, 5 deutonymphs). The lectotype was designated by Tenorio (1984; for more details see Tenorio 1985).

Type host: Stated as “ Myospalax scansus ” = Eospalax cansus (Lyon 1907) , the Gansu zokor (see Zhou & Zhou 2008 for details) .

Host range: The species of the genus Myospalax (zokors) are the principal hosts of this mite ( Tenorio 1985). In Siberia, H. confucianus is associated with the Daurian zokor, Myospalax aspalax Pallas, 1776 ( Goncharova et al. 1991); occasional recordings of this parasite from the narrow-headed vole ( M. gregalis ), marmots, and the Siberian jerboa, Allactaga sibirica Foster, 1778 , are known ( Nikulina 2004).

Distribution: Far East. Found in some areas of Southern Siberia (Irkutsk Region, Transbaikalia) [ Goncharova et al. 1991; Nikulina 2004].