Haemogamasus zachvatkini Bregetova, 1955

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Haemogamasus zachvatkini Bregetova, 1955

Haemogamasus zachvatkini Bregetova, 1955: 265 , 282, figs 491, 492, 558–560.

Haemogamasus altaicus .— Davydova, 1966: 142, figs 1, 2.

Haemogamasus nidi .— Kozlowski, 1960: 409, fig. 1 (partim).

Haemogamasus zachvatkini .— Bregetova, 1956a: 136, 154, figs 276, 299, 340–342; Bregetova, 1956b: 1648, figs 1, 2; Lange, 1958: 210, pl. LXXV, G; Strandtmann & Wharton, 1958: 136; Allred, 1969: 111, fig. J; Zemskaya, 1973: 119; Bregetova, 1977: 570, figs 453 (4); Senotrusova, 1987: 41, fig. 18, 19; Haitlinger, 1988: 646, figs 16, 17; Mašán & Fend’a, 2010: 107.

Haemogamasus zachvatkini altaica .— Zemskaya, 1973: 119.

Haemogamasus zachvatkini altaicus Zemskaya & Piontkovskaya 1957: 39 , fig. 3 (4–6).

Type locality. Georgia, the central part of the Main Caucasian Ridge , alpine meadows in vicinity of Kobi village ( Bregetova, 1956b).

Syntypes. ZIN (about 50 individuals).

Type host. The long clawed mole vole, Prometheomys schaposchnikowi Satunin, 1901 .

Host range. Prometheomys schaposchnikowi ( Bregetova, 1956a) , in Eastern Kazakhstan and adjacent areas – the Altai, or Siberian, zokor, Myospalax myospalax (Laxmann, 1773).

Distribution. Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan ( Senotrusova, 1987; Cicek et al., 2008). The populations of this species from Asia (Altai Mts.) were described as a separate subspecies, Haemogamasus zachvatkini altaicus Zemskaya & Piontkovskaya, 1957 . It has not been recorded from other regions of Northern Asia.

Remarks. For the correct publication date of this binominal name see remark for Hg. ivanovi above.