title: Some species of Centrorhynchus Lühe, 1911 (Acanthocephala: Centrorhynchidae) from the collection of the Natural History Museum, London.
abstract: Seven species of Centrorhynchus Lühe, 1911 are present in the Parasitic Worms Collection of The Natural History Museum, London: C. aluconis (Müller, 1780) Lühe, 1911 from Strix aluco Linnaeus in Great Britain; C. buteonis (Schrank, 1788) Kostylev, 1914 from Accipiter virgatus (Temminck) (new host record) in Sri Lanka (new geographical record); C. clitorideus (Meyer, 1931) Golvan, 1956 from Athene brama (Temminck) (new host record) in India; C. crotophagicola Schmidt and Neiland, 1966 (encysted juveniles in the stomach wall) from Anolis lineatopus Grey (new host record) and A. sagrei Duméril and Bibron (new host record) from Jamaica (new geographical record); C. falconis (Johnston and Best, 1943) Golvan, 1956 from Spilornis cheela (Latham) in Sri Lanka (new geographical record); C. globocaudatus (Zeder, 1800) Lühe, 1911 from Falco ardosiaceus Vieillot (new host record) in West Africa; and C. milvus Ward, 1956 from Milvus migrans (Boddaert) in India. The species are described and figured on the basis of this material.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Thracian University, Student Campus, 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. zmd@uni-sz.bg
authors.forename: Zlatka M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Dimitrova
authors.forename: David I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000049:Acanthocephala / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D000818:Animals; D046093:Falconiformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007076:Iguanas / Q000469:parasitology*; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D009144:Museums; D019021:Natural History; D020305:Strigiformes / Q000469:parasitology*