SYNOPSIS OF CESTODES IN SLOVAKIA .4. HYMENOLEPIDIDAE (CONTINUED)

The synopsis includes 79 taxa of the family H y m e n o l e p i d i d a e. Data on hosts, localities and the occurrence of cestodes in birds and small mammals which have been collected in Slovakia since 1955 ar e presented. Among the cestodes listed, Fimbriaria fasciolaris, Micros omacanthus paracompressa, M. spiralibursata, Passerilepis crenata and Sobolevicanthus gracilis are considered as species of the greatest bio logical and economic importance. Hymenolepis diminuta, H. horrida, Neo skrjabinolepis singularis, Vampirolepis asymetrica and y: nana, parasi tic in small mammals, are also frequently occurring species. On the ot her hand, Echinocotyle brachycephala, E. clerci, E. ryjikovi, Nadejdol epis paranitidulans, Oschmarinolepis microcephala, Retinometra giranen sis and Sobolevicanthus longistyleticus, found exclusively in Anas cly peata, A. crecca, A. querquedula, Aythya nyroca and Ciconia ciconia, c urrently endangered avian hosts, are very scarce hymenolepidids in Slo vakia. The only endemic species of the group under consideration is Va mpirolepis ampla. Vampirolepis ampla Erhardova, 1955, Echinocotyle pod irufi Macko, 1962, Microsomacanthus spasskyorum Macko et Birova, 1983, Sobolevicanthus aculeostyleticus Birova et Macko, 1991, Sobolevicanth us longistyleticus Macko, 1992 are the new species described from the territory of Slovakia.