PLEISTOCENE MITES (ACARIFORMES) FROM THE NARROW-SKULLED VOLE MICROTUS GREGALIS EGOROVIFEIGIN (RODENTIA, ARVICOLINAE)

About authors:

H. V. Dubinina, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Bochkov A. V. , Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

Acknowledgments:

This work was carried out using "Scientific Collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences", which obtain financial support from the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation (Registration № 96-03-16).

Annotation:

Ectoparasites were collected from 5 mummi-fied specimens of the fossil narrow-skulled vole Microtus gregalis egorovi Feigin (Rodentia, Arvi - colinae) from the Pleistocene ofYakutia. Acariform mites (Acariformes) found on these voles are represented by two species: Myocoptes japonensis japonensis Radford, 1955 (Listrophoroidea: Myocoptidae) and Radfordia hylandi Fain et Lukoschus, 1977 (Cheyletoidea: Myobiidae).

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