Androlaelaps fahrenholzi (Berlese, 1911)

Laelaps (Haemolaelaps) fahrenholzi Berlese, 1911: 432 .

Haemolaelaps glasgowi . — Strandtmann 1949: 343.

Records in Baltic States: Estonia (Daiter 1961b; Daiter & Kuzhilnij 1961), Latvia (Lapina 1959; 1961; 1988; Grinbergs 1960; 1961a; 1961b; 1961d; 1964; Andersone 1963; Arzamasov 1968; Berinya & Lapina 1986; Salmane 2001), Lithuania (Likevičienė 1957; Podėnaitė 1979; Kadytė & Jezerskienė 1986; Arnastauskienė et al. 1989; Kitrytė et al. 2022, current study).

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

Host specificity: moderately specific parasite of voles of the genus Microtus (S i = 0.75).

European distribution: Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (Bregetova et al. 1955; Bregetova 1956; Pirjanik 1962; Evans & Till 1966; Edler 1969; 1972; Shcherbak & Dudarenko 1970; Mehl 1979; Haitlinger 1980; 2011; 2015; Ambros 1987; Schmölzer & Neudorf 1995; Chikilevskaya et al. 1998; Beron 2007; Várfalvyová et al. 2011; Maaz et al. 2018; Siepel et al. 2018).