Hystrichopsylla talpae (Curtis, 1826)

Pulex talpae Curtis, 1826: plate 114.

Records in Baltic States: Estonia (Vilbaste 1959; Daiter 1961a; Pototski 1989; 1990b; Pototski et al. 1993), Latvia (Eglitis 1957; Lapina 1959; 1960; 1961; Grinbergs 1960; 1961a; 1961b; 1961d; 1964; 1976; Andersone 1963), Lithuania (Likevičienė 1957; Podėnaitė 1960; Kadytė 1964; Jezerskienė 1974; Lipatova & Paulauskas 2010; current study).

Hosts: N. fodiens (EE), S. araneus (LV), A. agrarius (EE, LV, LT), A. flavicollis (EE, LV, LT), M. minutus (LV), M. musculus (LV, LT), R. norvegicus (LV), A. oeconomus (LT), A. amphibius (LV), C. glareolus (EE, LV, LT), M. agrestis (EE, LV, LT), M. arvalis (EE, LV, LT) .

Host specificity: generalist parasite (S i = 0.27).

European distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (Niewiadomska 1953; Radvan 1959; Smit 1967; 1969; Jurík 1968; Adamovich 1971; Mahnert 1972; Weidner 1973; George 1974; Beaucournu & Gosalbez 1975; Chikilevskaya 1977; Haitlinger 1977b; 2011; 2015; Brelih & Petrov 1978; Libois 1979; Dudich 1984a; Vashchonok 1996; Scherf 2000; Walter 2000; Iori et al. 2003; Striese et al. 2012; Kutzscher & Weber 2015; Maaz et al. 2018).