Sucking lice of Gerbills from Tasgikistan

Rusian title: ВШИ ПЕСЧАНОК ТАДЖИКИСТАНА

Аннотация: При обследовании 2606 песчанок четырех видов в Таджикистане собрано более 14 тыс. вшей 10 видов, из которых песчанкам свойственны 4 вида: Hoplopleura merioni- dis, Polyplax chinensis, P. paradoxa, P. opimi. Рассмотрены предположения о специфич- ности, распространении и происхождении обнаруженных вшей песчанок. Дополнено описание самки Н. merionidis, описаны самец, яйцо и личинки всех трех стадий.

Abstract: 2606 gerbils of four species from Tadgikistan were examined. On them there were found over 14 thousand sucking lice of 10 spesies, four of which are typical to gerbils. Hoplopleura merionidis Ferris is a mongolian-turkestan species, which in Central Asia parasitizes Meriones meridianus Pallas and M. unguiculatus Milne-Edw. and in Middle Asia — M. meridianus and M. erythrourus Gray, seldom M. tamariscinus Pallas. Polyplax chinensis Ferris, a parasite of M. meridianus, is a mongolian-turkestan species the distri- bution of which, apparently, corresponds to that of the host. P. paradoxa Johnson, a para- site of M. erythrourus, is an afro-asiatic species. P. opimi Sosnina, a parasite of Rhom- bomys opimus Lichtenstein, is apparently an asiatic species, the distribution of which is closely associated with the host's distribution area.