Ectoparasites of small mammals from the north-eastern part of Baikal-Amur Railway

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1978
Authors:V. I. Volkov, Dolgikh, A. M., Katsko, V. I., Zarubina, V. N., Prasolova, N. N.
Journal:Parazitologiya
Volume:12
Issue:6
Pagination:529 - 538
Date Published:1978
Keywords:affinis, Asien pal., Hoplopleura acanthopus, Insectivora, polyplax serrata, rodentia, Troester
Abstract:

Russian title: ЭКТОПАРАЗИТЫ МЕЛКИХ МЛЕКОПИТАЮЩИХ ВОСТОЧНОЙ ЧАСТИ БАМА

Аннотация: В восточной части БАМа на мелких млекопитающих выявлено 45 видов гамазовых и иксодовых клещей, блох, вшей. В сборах эктопаразитов количественно повсеместно доминируют гамазовые клещи (60.4%). В видовом отношении преобладающей группой являются блохи. С освоением лесной территории наблюдается перестройка в структуре паразитоценозов.

Abstract: 11.501 ectoparasites of 45 species were collected from small mammals (rodents, shrews and double-toothed rodents) in the north-eastern part of Priamurje. The parasitecoenoses are formed in general by gamasid mites (60.4%) and lice (24.7%) but faunistically fleas (19 species or 42.2%) are dominant. Among all ectoparasites the gamasid mites, Laelaps clethrionomydis and Hirstionyssus isabellinus, and the louse Hoplopleura acanthopus ac- count for 64.9%. The impoverishment of the arthropod fauna in the northern part of Priamurje as com- pared to southern ones proceeds at the expence of chigger mites and more thermophilous species of gamasids and ixodids. With cultivation of forests the content of members of parasitecoenoses becomes more homogenous and their abundance falls.

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