1969 is redescribed based on new material. The validity of the genus Kurilonema Szczerbak et Sharpilo, 1969 is confirmed and its improved diagnosis is provided. Kurilonema Szczerbak et Sharpilo, 1969 is compared with and differentiated from the closely related genus Neoentomelas Hasegawa, 1989 by the presence of 6 circumoral lips, and from Entomelas Travassos, 1930, first of all, by the absence of teeth on the bottom of buccal capsule. The affinities between Kurilonema and other genera of Rhabdiasidae are discussed. K e y w o r d s : Nematoda, Sauria, Scincidae, Rhabdiasidae, Kurilonema, K. markovi, Eumeces latiscutatus, Kunashir. Ðaaeea e eieaeuii ðaniðinoðaiaiiua âeau aaeuieioiâ Iaeaaðeoeee: Kurilonema markovi (Nematoda, Rhabdiasidae), iaðaceo eaaeeo aaeuiaâinoi÷iiai noeiea, Eumeces latiscutatus (Reptilia, Sauria, Scincidae). Eocuiei Þ. E., Oaðieei Â. I. – Iðeâaaaii iaðaiienaiea iaiaoiau Kurilonema markovi Szczerbak et Sharpilo, 1969 ia iniiâaiee eco÷aiey iiâiai iaoaðeaea. Iiaoâaðaeaaaony âaeeaiinou ðiaa Kurilonema Szczerbak et Sharpilo, 1969 e iðeâiaeony aiiieiaiiue aeaaiic ðiaa. Ðia Kurilonema aeooaðaioeðoaony io iaeaieaa aeeceiai ðiaa Neoentomelas Hasegawa, 1989 ii iaee÷eþ 6 ieieiðioiâuo aoa, e io ðiaa Entomelas Travassos, 1930, iðaaeaa ânaai, ii ionoonoâeþ coaiâ ia aia ðioiâie eainoeu. Ianoaeaaþony aeiioaoe÷aneea ðianoâaiiua nâyce ðiaa Kurilonema e aðoaeo ðiaiâ naiaenoâa Rhabdiasidae. E e þ ÷ a â u a n e i â a : Nematoda, Sauria, Scincidae, Rhabdiasidae, Kurilonema, K. markovi, Eumeces latiscutatus, Eoiaoeð.

The taxonomic history of the species of Plagiorchis Lühe, 1899 occurring in European bats has been very confused because of high morphological similarity between different forms/species and the inadequate initial description of P. vespertilionis(Müller, 1780). As morphological data alone have not provided enough convincing arguments to solve the problem, the sequences from the nuclear rDNA ITS region (ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2) of three species of the P. vespertilionis group (P. vespertilionis, P. muelleri Tkach & Sharpilo, 1990 and P. koreanus Ogata, 1938) occurring in European bats were used to test the validity of these species and evaluate some of the morphological characters used for the species differentiation within this group. P. elegans from birds was used as the outgroup in the analysis. All three ingroup species were clearly distinguishable using ITS sequences. Among them, P. koreanus occupied a basal position, while P. vespertilionis and P. muelleri appeared as a cluster of two closely related, derived species. ITS sequences of the specimens obtained from different hosts and/or geographical areas did not exhibit any intraspecific variability. Morphological study of the material in collections revealed characters which enable the species of Plagiorchis from bats in Europe to be distinguished. Taking into account that the type-material of P. vespertilionis, described during the 18th Century, has been lost, for nomenclatural stability, a neotype is established and described. An amended description of the type-material of P. muelleri and keys for the determination of Plagiorchis spp. from European bats are presented.

A new species of monogeneans, Euzetrema caucasica sp. n., from the urinary bladder of Mertensiella caucasica (Waga, 1876) is described. The new species differs from E. knoepffleri Combes, 1965 by greater sizes of the disc, median and marginal hooks and anterior suckers. Certain suggestions are made on the biology and life cycle of Euzetrema.

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