title: Redescriptions of Monopylidium exiguum (Dujardin, 1845) and M. albani (Mettrick, 1958) n. comb. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) from European passerine birds.
abstract: Two species of Monopylidium Fuhrmann, 1899 are redescribed on the basis of specimens from their type-hosts: M. exiguum (Dujardin, 1845) from Troglodytes troglodytes L. (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae) on the Curonian Spit, Kaliningradskaya Oblast', Russia, and M. albani (Mettrick, 1958) n. comb. (originally Paricterotaenia albani Mettrick, 1958) from Sturnus vulgaris L. (Passeriformes: Sturnidae) in the Canton of Jura, Switzerland. In contrast to the previously proposed synonymy of these two species (Spasskaya & Spasskii, 1977), they are recognised as distinct and M. albani is revalidated.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology, Vilnius University, Akademijos 2, LT-08412, Vilnius-21, Lithuania. jurijus@ekoi.lt
authors.forename: Jurijus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Komisarovas
authors.forename: Boyko B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Georgiev
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mariaux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D012426:Russia; D020308:Songbirds / Q000469:parasitology*; D046749:Starlings / Q000469:parasitology*; D013557:Switzerland