Hirstionyssus gudauricus Razumova, 1957

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Hirstionyssus gudauricus Razumova, 1957

Hirstionyssus gudauricus Razumova 1957: 45 , fig. 1, 2.

Hirstionyssus gudauricus — Senotrusova 1982: 11, figs 4–5; Senotrusova 1987: 100, figs 48, 49; Goncharova et al. 1991: 70; Mašán & Fend’a 2010: 132, figs 132–138.

Hirstionyssus tatricus Mrciak 1958: 84 .

Hirstionyssus tatricus — Uchikawa 1974: 266, figs 5–7.

Echinonyssus gudauricus — Tenorio 1984: 269.

Echinonyssus tatricus — Tenorio 1984: 278.

Type locality: Georgia, Kazbeghi District , vicinities of the villages of Kobi, Suatisi.

Type series: ZIN and the Department of Zoology of the North-Ossetian Pedagogical Institute (Vladikavkaz, Russia) .

Type host: Chionomys gud (Satunin, 1909) , the Gudaur vole.

Host range: H. gudauricus infests hosts belonging to varied vole genera ( Alticola , Chionomys , Clethrionomys , Microtus ); sometimes is collected from shrews ( Razumova 1957; Senotrusova 1987; Mašán & Fend’a 2010). It seems that no species can be considered as the chief host of this generalist parasite.

Distribution: Northern and Central Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Western and Eastern Siberia ( Senotrusova, 1987; Nikulina 2004; Huhta 2016); mostly in high mountain regions ( Senotrusova 1987). Uchikawa (1974) recorded this species from Japan (as H. tatricus ).