Ardeicola ciconiae ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

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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 .