Ardeicola ciconiae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Host: Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) .

Ref.: Balát (1977) as Ardeicola ardealis (Scopoli, 1763) .

Location: Slovakia (Balát 1977).

Notes: Balát (1977) recorded Ardeicola ardealis from Slovakia without a host association. Considering that Ciconia ciconia is the type host of A. ardealis, we assume that this is the host of Balát’s record. Although we could not find any specimens with the above data, we follow Price et al. (2003: 148) regarding Ardeicola ardealis as a junior synonym of Ardeicola ciconiae .