Hirsutiella zachvatkini

Hirsutiella zachvatkini (Schluger, 1948) Trombicula zachvatkini Schluger, 1948: 160. Records in Baltic States: Latvia (Grinbergs 1959; 1960; 1961a; 1961b; 1961c; 1961d; 1964; Lapina 1959; 1960; 1961; Andersone 1963; Berinya & Lapina 1986), Lithuania (Likevičienė 1957; Jezerskienė 1974; Podėnaitė 1979; Arnastauskienė et al. 1989; current study). Hosts: S. araneus (LV, LT), S. minutus (LT), A. agrarius (LV, LT), A. flavicollis (LV, LT), A. sylvaticus (LV, LT), M. minutus (LT), M. musculus (LV), A. oeconomus (LT), A. amphibius (LV), C. glareolus (LV, LT), M. agrestis (LV, LT), M. arvalis (LV, LT).. Host specificity: A moderately specific parasite of voles of the genus Clethrionomys ( S i = 0.63). European distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Daniel 1957; Mahnert 1971a; Haitlinger 1979; Pereira-Lorenzo 1993; Kudryashova 1998; Stekolnikov 2001; Imaz et al. 2006; Beron 2007; Moniuszko & Mąkol 2014; Maaz et al. 2018; Stålstedt et al. 2019; Haarder & Mąkol 2022).Published as part of Kitrytė, Neringa & Baltrūnaitė, Laima, 2023, Ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) of ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. An annotated checklist, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 5353 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/842673