Ixodes trianguliceps Birula, 1895

Ixodes trianguliceps Birula, 1895: 358 .

Records in Baltic States: Estonia (Korenberg & Lebedeva 1969; Pototski et al. 1993; Vikentjeva et al. 2021), Latvia (Lapina 1959; 1960; 1961; Grinbergs 1960; 1961a; 1961b; 1961d; 1964; Korenberg & Lebedeva 1969; Salmane 2012), Lithuania (Jezerskienė 1974; Podėnaitė 1979; Paulauskas et al. 2010; current study).

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

Host specificity: generalist parasite (S i =0.25).

European distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (Sosnina et al. 1969; Aeschlimann et al. 1970; Černy 1972; Gilot et al. 1976a; Filippova 1977; Zapatero Ramos et al. 1978; Haitlinger 1979; 2011; 2015; Martyn 1988; Tovornik 1988; Estrada-Peña et al. 1992; Jaenson et al. 1994; Chikilevskaya et al. 1998; Walter 2000; Coipan et al. 2011; Krčmar 2012; Baráková et al. 2018; Maaz et al. 2018; Hornok et al. 2020; Rubel & Brugger 2022).