Torotrogla merulae Skoracki, Dabert and Ehrnsberger, 2000

Torotrogla merulae Skoracki et al., 2000: 192, figs. 1–10; Skoracki 2011: 228, figs. 166–168. Types deposited in AMU, ZISP and ZSM examined.

Type host: Turdus merula Linnaeus ( Passeriformes: Turdidae). Type locality: Poland.

Material examined. One female (FMNH uncatalogued) from Turdus migratorius Linnaeus ( Passeriformes: Turdidae), USA: Georgia, Green Co., 22 February 1968, coll. J. Taylor, specimen in FMNH.

Hosts and distribution. Turdus merula Linnaeus (Turdidae) from Poland (Skoracki et al. 2000; Skoracki 2011), Germany (Schmaschke et al. 2003) Russia (Bochkov et al. 2009), Jordan (Glowska et al. 2007), T. migratorius Linnaeus [new host] from USA (Georgia) (present paper), T. philomelos Brehm from Poland (Skoracki 2004c), Germany (Skoracki 2011) and Jordan (Glowska et al. 2007), T. torquatus Linnaeus from Slovakia (Skoracki 2011), and T. viscivorus Linnaeus from Romania and Poland (Skoracki 2004c).