Anatoecus dentatus ( Scopoli, 1763 )

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Anatoecus dentatus ( Scopoli, 1763)

Host: Mergus merganser Linnaeus, 1758 .

Ref.: Balát (1977) as Anatoecus bipunctatus ( Giebel, 1874) .

Location: Slovakia ( Balát 1977).

Notes: Balát (1977) recorded Anatoecus bipunctatus from Slovakia without a host association. Since Mergus merganser is the type host of A. bipunctatus (see Price et al. 2003: 144), we assume that Balát’s record was from this host. Price et al. (2003: 144) synonymised this species with Anatoecus icterodes , which was subsequently regarded as a junior synonym of Anatoecus dentatus by Grossi et al. (2014: 606).