title: Burhinotaenia colombiana n. sp. (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea) from the double-striped stone curlew Burhinus bistriatus (Aves, Charadriiformes) in Colombia.
abstract: Burhinotaenia colombiana n. sp. (Dilepididae) is described from the small intestine of the double-striped stone curlew Burhinus bistriatus (Burhinidae) captured at Carimagua, Colombia. The new species is distinguished from the most similar Burhinotaenia delachauxi (Baer, 1925), a parasite of the Old World Burhinus spp., by the longer cirrus-sac (375-590, avg. 514 microns vs. 322-393, avg. 354 microns) and longer rostellar hooks (412-451, avg. 440 microns vs. 358-367, avg. 364 microns). The validity of the genus Burhinotaenia Spasskii and Spasskaya, 1965 and its generic diagnosis as proposed by Bona (1994) are confirmed. This is the first record of a species of Burhinotaenia in the New World.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Murai
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rausch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology