Dr. Murai Éva szerk.: Parasitologia Hungarica 26. (Budapest, 1993)
Parasit, hung., 26:15-26, 1993 © Hungarian Society of Parasitologists Pseudangularia europaea sp. n. and other cestodes (Cyclophyllidea: Dilepididae and Paruterinidae) from the common swift, Apus apus L. (Aves: Apodiformes) in Hungary Boyko B. GEORGIEV 1 and Éva M URAI 2 l Institute of Parasitology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Acad. G Bonchev Street, Bl. 25, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 2 Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary (Received June 20,1993) Abstract: Two species of the family Dilepididae, Pseudangularia europaea sp. n. and Neoliga sp., and one species of the family Paruterinidae, Notopentorchis iduncula (Spassky, 1946) (new geographical record), are reported fromApus apus collected in East Hungary in the Great Hungarian Plain. P. europaea differs from all the other members of the genus Pseudangularia Burt, 1938, by its considerably larger cirrus-sac. It is also distinguished from the morphologically closest species, P. triplacantha Burt, 1938, by its shorter vagina. The phenomenon of the breaking of the cirrus during the copulation was observed in P. europaea. Key words: Pseudangularia europaea sp.n., Neoliga sp., Notopentorchis iduncula, morphology, taxonomy, new geographical record, Apus apus, Hungary. INTRODUCTION The common swift (Apus apus Linnaeus, 1758) is the only member of the order Apodiformes occurring in Hungary (Keve 1960). Although it is abundant and nests in various places in Hungary, this bird is strongly protected (Haraszthy 1984). Consequently, parasitological investigations on swifts in Hungary have been based on a small number of samples. The only previous study (Sey 1973a,b) reported on the helminth parasites of 14 swifts collected during the summer months of 1966-1969 from the Bakony Mountains (at Zirc and Pannonhalma); two digeneans, Brachydistomum salebrosum (Braun, 1901) and Lyperosomum clathratum (Deslongschamps, 1824) (Dicrocoeliidae), and one cestode, Neoliga depressa (Siebold, 1836) (Dilepididae) were recorded.
