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Laelaps alaskensis Grant 1947

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2. Laelaps alaskensis Grant, 1947

Laelaps alaskensis Grant 1947: 8, fig. 7.

Laelaps alaskensis. — Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958: 59; Tipton, 1960: 266, figs 24f, 26l, 28h, 32t, 33h, 37a, b, 38a; Korallo- Vinarskaya & Vinarski 2012: 30, figs 1–7.

Laelaps petrischevae Zemskaya & Lange 1979: 8, fig. 3.

Type locality. USA, Alaska, Jack River.

Type host. Microtus sp.

Principal hosts. In Asiatic Russia—voles of the genus Microtus Schrank, 1798 (Davydova & Nikol’sky, 1986; Mal’kova 2010; Korallo-Vinarskaya & Vinarski 2012). In North America, a range of other host taxa has been reported (Whitaker et al., 2007).

Distribution. North America (USA and Canada), Northern Asia westward to the Yamal peninsula (north of Western Siberia). Zemskaya (1973) mentioned L. alaskensis from Komi Republic of Russia situated in the northeast corner of East Europe.

Remarks. Earlier, we (Korallo-Vinarskaya & Vinarski 2012) established a new synonymy: Laelaps petrischevae Zemskaya et Lange, 1979 was identified as a junior synonym of L. alaskensis.

Notes

Published as part of Vinarski, Maxim V. & Korallo-Vinarskaya, Natalia P., 2016, An annotated catalogue of the gamasid mites associated with small mammals in Asiatic Russia. The family Laelapidae s. str. (Acari: Mesostigmata: Gamasina), pp. 223-245 in Zootaxa 4111 (3) on page 226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256941

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A76187C2BE63E67DFFC6FA3AEBB8F813

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4111.3.2 (DOI)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/39057/taxon/A76187C2BE63E67DFFC6FA3AEBB8F813.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Ascidae
Genus
Laelaps
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Mesostigmata
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Grant
Species
alaskensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Laelaps alaskensis Grant, 1947 sec. Vinarski & Korallo-Vinarskaya, 2016

References

  • Grant, C. D. (1947) North American mites of the genus Laelaps (Arachnida: Acarina: Parasitidae). Microentomology, 12, 1 - 21.
  • Strandtmann, R. W. & Wharton, G. W. (1958) A Manual of Mesostigmatid Mites Parasitic on Vertebrates. University of Maryland, College Park, 330 pp.
  • Tipton, V. J. (1960) The genus Laelaps. With a review of the Laelapinae and a new subfamily Alphalaelaptinae (Acarina: Laelapidae). University of California Publications in Entomology, 16, 233 - 356.
  • Korallo-Vinarskaya, N. P. & Vinarski, M. V. (2012) Taxonomic status of Laelaps petrischevae Zemskaya et Lange, 1979 (Acari: Parasitiformes: Gamasina). Acarina, 20, 29 - 35.
  • Zemskaya, A. A. & Lange, A. B. (1979) A new species of gamasid mites Laelaps petrischevae sp. nov. (Gamasoidea, Laelaptidae) from the north part of Western Siberia. In: Grokhovskaya, I. M. & Meledyaeva, M. A. (Eds.), Razvitie parazitologicheskoy nauki v Turkmenistane. Ashkhabad, pp. 81 - 83. [in Russian]
  • Whitaker, J. O., Walters, B. L., Caster, L. K., Ritzi, C. M. & Wilson, N. (2007) Host and distribution lists of mites (Acari), parasitic and phoretic, in the hair or on the skin of North American wild mammals north of Mexico: records since 1974. Faculty Publications from the Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, 2007, 1 - 173.
  • Zemskaya, A. A. (1973) Parasitic Gamasid Mites and Their Medical Importance. Meditsina Publishing House, Moscow, 168 pp. [in Russian]