Polyplax hannswrangeli Eichler, 1952

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Polyplax hannswrangeli Eichler, 1952

Polyplax hannswrangeli Eichler, 1952: 206 .

Records in Baltic States: Lithuania (current study).

Hosts: C. glareolus (LT) .

Host specificity: highly specific parasite of voles of the species C. glareolus (S

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= 1.00).

European distribution: Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland ( Wegner 1966; Beaucournu & Arzamasov 1967; Beaucournu 1968; Mahnert 1971b; Cais 1977; Büttiker & Mahnert 1978; Krištofik & Dudich 2000a; Vas et al. 2012).

Notes: This is the first record of P. hannswrangeli on small mammals in Baltic States ( Lithuania). Specimens were collected in Aukštaitija highland (arable land, mature deciduous and mixed forests, natural meadows) and South-Eastern Lithuanian lowland (mature deciduous forests).