Gamase mites (Gamasina) of the nests common vole of the Prisevan plague meso-foci, the Transcaucasian high-mountain natural plague foci

The paper highlights new data on the species composition of gamasid ticks living in the nests of the common vole of the Prisevan meso-foci of the Transcaucasian high-mountain natural plague foci of the Republic of Armenia. As a result of the research conducted in the studied territory, the fauna of gamasid ticks is represented by nine species, including two species that were not previously found in the nests of the common vole.

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