Genus Polyplax Enderlein, 1904a

Total number of species in genus: 81.

Type species: Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister, 1838) .

Hosts: Rodentia ( Muridae —Arvicolinae, Calomyscinae, Cricetinae, Cricetomyinae, Dendromurinae, Gerbillinae, Murinae, Mystromyinae, Nesomyinae, Otomyinae, Rhizomyinae, Sigmodontinae— Sciuridae); Insectivora ( Soricidae).

Distribution: Cosmopolitan.