Centrorhynchus buteonis (Schrank, 1788) Kostylew, 1914

Lisitsyna, O. I. & Greben, O. B., 2015, Acanthocephalans Of The Genus Centrorhynchus (Palaeacanthocephala, Centrorhynchydae) From Birds Of Ukraine With The Description Of A New Species, Vestnik Zoologii 49 (3), pp. 195-210 : 199

Centrorhynchus buteonis (Schrank, 1788) Kostylew, 1914

Syn. Echinorhynchus buteonis Schrank, 1788 ; E. caudatus Zeder, 1803 ; E. polyacanthoides Creplin, 1825 ; Centrorhynchus polyacanthus (Schrank, 1788) Kostylew, 1914 ; C. wedli (Sonsino, 1896) Ports, 1909 ; Centrosoma buteonis in Porta, 1910.

D e s c r i p t i o n (by Meyer, 1933). Female 35–47 mm long (or rare 68), male 22– 35 mm long. Proboscis almost cylindrical, rounded in apex. Hooks by Marval (1905) in 30–32 longitudinal rows of 7–10 hooks and 5–6 spines in each row. Eggs 52–60 × 18–20.

The species was described from the birds of prey in Europe. It is recorded from birds of the genera Buteo , Strix , Falco , Circus , Haliaetus , Milvus in Europe, Asia and Australia. It is found in Ukraine in european honey buzzard Pernis apivorus 1, pallid harrier Circus macrourus 1, common kestrel Falco tinnunculus 1 in Dnipropetrovsk Region (Pankovka) ( Ivanitzky, 1940; Khohlova, 1986; Lisitsyna, 1993, 2008, 2014).