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

Kitrytė, Neringa & Baltrūnaitė, Laima, 2023, Ectoparasitic mites, ticks (Acari: Trombidiformes, Mesostigmata, Ixodida) and insects (Insecta: Psocodea, Siphonaptera) of ground-dwelling small mammals in the Baltic States. An annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5353 (1), pp. 1-46 : 6

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).