title: New records of alien monogeneans from Lepomis gibbosus and Silurus glanis in Italy.
abstract: The first geographical records of five alien monogeneans for Italy is reported. Four species have been detected from Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758): Actinocleidus recurvatus Mizelle et Donahue, 1944, Actinocleidus oculatus (Mueller, 1934), Urocleidus similis (Mueller, 1936) and Urocleidus dispar (Mueller, 1936); one species from Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758: Thaparocleidus vistulensis (Siwak, 1932) n. comb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy. paolo.galli@unimib.it
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stefani
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benzoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crosa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zullini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002397:Catfishes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005880:Gills / Q000469:parasitology; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000469:parasitology*; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010473:Perciformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity