Polyzonium germanicum is a distinctive looking arthropod with a very small triangular shaped head.

[3] Polyzonium germanicum has an extensive range throughout Europe, where it inhabits both Temperate and Mediterranean climates.

The species has been recorded within the countries of: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and Ukraine.

[1] The species has also been known to live in areas of mature coppices of Castanea sativa and Corylus avellana.

[6] In Slovakia P. germanicum has been recorded living in beech forests at 700–1100 meters above sea level.