Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister, 1839)

Pediculus spinulosus Burmeister, 1839: genus Pediculus, Species 8.

Records in Baltic States: Latvia (Grinbergs 1960; 1961d; 1980b), Lithuania (Likevičienė 1957; Arnastauskienė et al. 1989).

Hosts: S. araneus (LV), A. flavicollis (LV, LT), R. norvegicus (LV), R. rattus (LV, LT), C. glareolus (LT), M. arvalis (LV) .

European distribution: Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece,

Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Brinck 1950; Smetana 1960; 1961; Blagoveshchensky 1964; Wegner 1966; Beaucournu 1968; 1972; Piotrowski 1970; Büttiker & Mahnert 1978; Gomez et al. 1987; Haitlinger 1993; 2011; Krištofik & Dudich 2000a; O’Connor et al. 2005; Vas et al. 2012; Krčmar & Trilar 2017).