Megabothris walkeri ( Rothschild, 1902 )

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Megabothris walkeri ( Rothschild, 1902)

Ceratophyllus walkeri Rothschild, 1902: 225 .

Records in Baltic States: Estonia ( Vilbaste 1959; Daiter 1961a; Pototski 1989; 1990b; Pototski et al. 1993), Latvia ( Eglitis 1957; Lapina 1959; Grinbergs 1960; 1961a; 1961d; 1964; 1976; Andersone 1963), Lithuania ( Likevičienė 1957; Kadytė 1964; Arnastauskienė et al. 1989; Lipatova & Paulauskas 2010; Lipatova 2015; current study).

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

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

European distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom ( Rosický 1944; Séguy 1944; Cooreman 1950; Smit 1962; 1967; 1969; Mehl 1967; Adamovich 1971; Suciu 1973; Weidner 1973; George 1974; Chikilevskaya 1977; Haitlinger 1977b; 2011; 2015; Libois 1979; Vashchonok 1996; Striese et al. 2012; Baláž & Zigová 2020).