Schizocarpus saveljevi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Psoroptoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Acariformes Ordo: Sarcoptiformes Subordo: Psoroptidia Superfamilia: Psoroptoidea

Familia: Chirodiscidae
Genus: Schizocarpus
Species: Schizocarpus saveljevi

Name

Schizocarpus saveljevi Bochkov, 2012: 168, fig. 1

Holotype: ZIN T-Chir-27, ♂.

Type locality: RUSSIA: Leningrad Province, Boksitogorsk District, Pikalevo City, May 2011, mites removed by A. Bochkov.

Etymology: The new species is named after Dr. A.P. Saveljev (Russian Research Institute of Game Management and Fur Farming, Kirov, Russia), the leading researcher of beavers in Russia.

References

• Bochkov, A.V. 2012: Schizocarpus saveljevi sp. nov. (Acariformes: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver – Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 (Rodentia: Castoridae) from Leningrad Province (Russia). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 316(2): 166–171.