Ardeicola expallidus Blagoveshtchensky, 1940

Host: Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 .

Ref.: Balát (1953) as Ardeicola sp.; Balát (1956, 1977) as Ardeicola albulus Eichler, 1948 .

Location: Dunajská Streda, 19 Aug. 1946 (Balát Coll., MMBC slide number 522) .

Notes: Balát (1956) recorded the date as “ 19 Aug. 1949 ” but, according to Balát’s notes, the correct date is “ 19 Aug. 1946 ”. We follow Price et al. (2003: 148) regarding Ardeicola albulus as a junior synonym of A. expallidus .