Xinjiangsha tarda ( Schluger, 1957 ), 2012

Stekolnikov, Alexandr & Daniel, Milan, 2012, 3216, Zootaxa 3216, pp. 1-104 : 20-22

Xinjiangsha tarda ( Schluger, 1957) , comb. nov.

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Trombicula tarda Schluger, 1957: 48 , fig. 1; Razumova 1957: 233.

Hoffmannina tarda, Kudryashova 1979: 44 .

Aboriginesia tarda, Kudryashova 1993b: 60 , fig. 4 (lectotype designated); 1998: 236, fig. 196.

Diagnosis. SIF = 7BS-N-3-3111.1000; fPp = B/B/NNB; fCx = 1.1.1; fSt = 2.2; fSc: AM> PL ≥ PPL> AL; Ip = 715–828; fD = (4–6)H-[(8–14)-(6–10)]-[(8–13)-(5–9)]-(7–13)-…; DS = 60–78; VS = 37–47; NDV = 103–122. Standard measurements of lectotype ( Kudryashova 1998): AW 74, PW 95, SB 32, ASB 27, PSB 25, SD 52, P-PL 22, AP 29, AM 45, AL 36, PL 36, 40, PPL 38, S 67, H 41, 43, D min 27, D max 38, V min 27, V max 36, pa 257, pm 232, pp 263, Ip 752, DS 78, VS 44, NDV 122, TaIII 63. Standard measurements of 2 specimens from Turkey and 11 specimens from other localities are given in Table 2 .

Type material deposition. Lectotype and paralectotypes in ZMMU.

Type material examined. Four paralectotypes ex Chionomys nivalis , RUSSIA: Dagestan, 12 and 14 August

1950, coll. I.G. Ioff.

Comparative material examined. Four larvae (ZMMU) ex Prometheomys schaposchnikowi , GEORGIA: Suat’isi (42° 37' 47" N, 44° 22' 55" E), 24 August 1951, coll. I.N. Razumova, det. E.G. Schluger; 2 larvae (ZISP) (not measured) ex Chionomys nivalis , ARMENIA: Shirak Prov., Musayelyan (40° 45' 55" N, 43° 59' 27" E, 1729 m a.s.l.), 28 August 1979, coll. I.V. Panova ; 3 larvae (ZISP) ex Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp., RUSSIA: Karachay- Cherkessia, 5.8 km E from Pkhiya , 43° 35' 36" N, 41° 01' 19" E, 1770 m a.s.l., 9 August 1995 , coll. AAS; 5 larvae (ZISP) (not measured) ex Microtus (Terricola) sp. and A. (Sylvaemus) sp., RUSSIA: Kabardino-Balkaria, Bezengi gorge, 43° 09' 24" N, 43° 12' 12" E, 1750 m a.s.l., 16 June 1996 , coll. AAS.

Material from Turkey examined. Two larvae (ZISP) ex Microtus majori and Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp., Artvin Prov., 2.8 km NE from Marsis Mt, 2400 m a.s.l., 24 June 1998, coll. AAS.

Hosts. Chionomys gud (Satunin) , Ch. nivalis (Martins) , Microtus majori Thomas , Cricetulus migratorius (Pallas) , Prometheomys schaposchnikowi Satunin , Apodemus (Sylvaemus) sp.

Distribution. Georgia, Russia (North Ossetia, Dagestan). Kudryashova (1993b, 1998) questioned the record of X. tarda from Azerbaijan ( Mulyarskaya 1968). Here this species is, for the first time, recorded in Turkey, Armenia, Karachay-Cherkessia, and Kabardino-Balkaria.

Remarks. Kudryashova (1998) supposed that this species and Xinjiangsha monticola ( Kolebinova, 1974) , comb. nov. described from Bulgaria were synonyms, but the latter species, though very similar morphometrically, differs from X. tarda in lesser number of idiosomal setae (NDV 84 vs. 103–122).