Myonyssus dubinini Bregetova, 1949

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27. Myonyssus dubinini Bregetova, 1949

Myonyssus dubinini Bregetova, 1949: 751 , fig. 1.

Myonyssus dubinini . — Bregetova, 1953: 315; Bregetova, 1956: 122, 127, figs 238–241; Lange, 1958: 206, pl. LXXIV, fig, K; Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958: 124; Strandtmann & Garrett, 1970: 262; Bregetova, 1977b: 487, fig. 385; Nikulina, 1987: 232, fig. 118, 4; Senotrusova, 1987: 140, fig. 68.

Myonyssus shibatai Asanuma 1951: 80 .

Type locality. Primorye Region (Russian Far East).

Type hosts. Apodemus speciosus and Mustela nivalis L., 1766.

Principal hosts. M. dubinini has been recorded from a wide range of mammalian hosts, including voles ( Myodes , Microtus ), mice ( Apodemus ), sometimes shrews of the genus Sorex L., 1758 (Bregetova, 1956; Zemskaya, 1973; Nikulina, 2004). The species does not appear to demonstrate a pronounced host specificity.

Distribution. Asiatic Russia, Kazakhstan, Far East, including Japan and Manchuria ( Strandtmann & Garrett, 1970; Senotrusova, 1987); recently reported from the Middle Volga region of European Russia ( Korneev, 2003). In Siberia, M. dubinini was found in some localities in the southern part of Western Siberia, Republics of Yakutia and Buryatia in Eastern Siberia ( Nikulina, 2004).