Neotrombicula japonica (Tanaka, Kaiwa, Teramura & Kagaya, 1930)

Trombicula autumnalis japonica Tanaka, Kaiwa, Teramura & Kagaya, 1930: 353 .

Records in Baltic States: Lithuania (current study).

Hosts: A. agrarius (LT), A. flavicollis (LT), C. glareolus (LT), M. arvalis (LT) .

Host specificity: generalist parasite (S i = 0.07).

European distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, former Yugoslavia (Daniel & Heneberg 1972; Pereira-Lorenzo 1993; Kudryashova 1998; Imaz et al. 2006; Moniuszko & Mąkol 2014).

Notes: This is the first record of N. japonica on small mammals in Baltic States (Lithuania). Specimens were found in Aukštaitija highland (natural meadows and mature mixed forests) and in South-Eastern Lithuanian lowland (natural meadows).