New Records of Cestodes from Birds in Saudi Arabia

Five cestode species are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia on the basis of specimens collected from the region of Abha, in the SW part of the country. These are Killigrewia delafondi (Anoplocephalidae), Retinometra serrata (Hymenolepididae) and Raillietina perplexa (Davaineidae) parasitic in wild pigeon (Columba livia), and Raillietina echinobothriida and R. dattai (Davaineidae) parasitic in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus). The record of R. perplexa in C. livia is also a new host record