Dr. Murai Éva - Gubányi András szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 28. (Budapest, 1995)
© Hungarian Natural History Museum Hungarian Society of Parasitologists Parasit. hung., 28: 89-99, 1995 Some species of the family Centrorhynchidae Van Cleave, 1916 (Acanthocephala) from Hungarian birds Zlatka M. DIMITROVA 1 , Éva MURAI 2 and Todor GENOV 3 Department of Biology, Faculty ofAgriculture, Thracian University, Student Campus, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-J088 Budapest, Hungary Institute of Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 11 13 Sofia, Bulgaria (Received 22 November, 1995) Abstract: Five species of the family Centrorhynchidae are recorded from birds in Hungary: Centrorhynchus aluconis from Strix aluco andAsio otus; C. globocaudatus from Falco cherrug (new host record); Sphaerirostris picae from Picapicdc, S. lancea from Burhinus oedicnemus; and S. turdi from Turdus pilaris. New geographical records for Hungary are those of C. globocaudatus, S. picae and S. turdi. The species are redescribed and figured on the basis of Hungarian specimens. Key words: Acanthocephala, Centrorhynchidae, birds, morphology, Hungary. INTRODUCTION The family Centrorhynchidae (Palaeacanthocephala) includes predominantly parasites of insectivorous and predatory birds. Only two centrorhynchid species have been reported in previous papers concerning the acanthocephalans from Hungary: Centrorhynchus aluconis (Müller, 1780) (see Murai et al. 1985) and Sphaerirostris lancea (Westrumb, 1821 ) (see Murai etal. 1983, Dimitrova et al. 1990). The aim of the present study is to provide new data on the species composition and morphology of acanthocephalans of the family Centrorhynchidae in Hungary. MATERIALS AND METHODS Specimens were fixed in 70% ethanol and preserved in alcohol-formalin mixture. They were cleared in glycerine (20-100%) or dimethylphtalate and studied in temporary mounts. The measurements are in millimeters and the data included in parentheses appear exceptions. The specimens are deposited in the parasite collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum under their host collection numbers.
