Schizocarpus modestus Fain and Lukoschus 1985

12. Schizocarpus modestus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985 Schizocarpus modestus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985: 61, figs. 50, 51, 61 Material examined. 3 males (ZISP AVB- 2012 -0203-026, # 1-3) ex Castor fiber tuvinicus [beaver # 1, sample 14], RUSSIA: Tuva, Todzhinskii District, upstream water of Azas River, 52 �� 25 ���N, 96 �� 38 ���E, 8 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 12 males (ZISP AVB- 2012 -0203-027, # 1-12), beaver # 2, sample 11, same locality, 9 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev; 1 male (ZISP AVB- 2012 -0203-028), beaver # 4, sample 5, downstream of Azas River, 52 �� 32 ���N, 97 �� 15 ���E, 16 October 2011, coll. A.P. Saveljev. Microhabitat. Throat and anterior legs; one mite from posterior dorsum. Distribution. Recorded from C. f. albicus from Germany (Elba River) (Fain & Lukoschus 1985) and from C. f. tuvinicus from Tuva (Azas River) (present paper).
Published as part of Bochkov, Andre V. & Saveljev, Alexander P., 2012, Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) from the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber tuvinicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in the Azas River (Tuva Republic, Russia), pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 3410 on page 15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212597
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