Cheladonta flava ( Schluger, 1955 )

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Cheladonta flava ( Schluger, 1955)

Neoschoengastia flava Schluger, 1955: 205 , figs. 334–335.

Cheladonta flava, Vshivkov & Schluger 1960: 297 ; Kudryashova 1979: 79; 1998: 264, fig. 224.

Diagnosis. SIF = 4B-N-(4–5)-2110.0000; fPp = B/B/BBB; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: PL> AM> AL; Ip = 680–736; fD = 4H-(10–14)-(8–10)-(8–10)-6-…; DS = 37–46; VS = 30–39; NDV = 73–78. Standard measurements of specimens from Turkey are given in Table 29.

Note: For S n = 1, for other variables n = 3.

Type material (not examined). Syntypes are deposited in ZMMU. Type locality is Kantemir railroad station (46° 07' N, 30° 06' E) in Ukraine (Odessa Prov., Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Distr. ) .

Material from Turkey examined. 2 larvae (ZISP) ex Chionomys nivalis , Antalya Prov., 6 km SWW from Kizlarsivrisi Mt , 2135 m a.s.l., 26 April 2009, coll. AAS ; 1 larva (ZISP) ex Microtus schidlovskii , Adana Prov., 2 km N from Karanfil Mt , 2135 m a.s.l., 2 May 2009, coll. AAS ; 7 larvae (ZISP) ex M. schidlovskii , Mersin Prov., 12 km NW from Çamlıyayla (Namrun), 2467 m a.s.l., 11 May 2009, coll. AAS .

Hosts. Lepus europaeus Pallas , Spermophilus suslicus (Guldenstaedt) , S. citellus (L.), S. pygmaeus (Pallas) , Spalax microphthalmus Guldenstaedt , Ellobius talpinus (Pallas) , Cricetus cricetus (L.), Cricetulus migratorius (Pallas) , Microtus socialis (Pallas) , M. arvalis (Pallas) , Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) , Apodemus sylvaticus (L.), A. flavicollis (Melchior) , and Sturnus vulgaris L. ( Kudryashova 1998) plus Chionomys nivalis (Martins) and Microtus schidlovskii Argyropulo.

Distribution. Ukraine, Moldova, Russia (Stavropolskiy Krai). Kudryashova (1998) questioned records of Ch. flava in Azerbaijan, Tadjikistan, and Buryatia. This species is here recorded from Turkey for the first time.