FIRST FINDING OF <i>MORISHITIUM POLONICUM</i> (TREMATODA, CYCLOCOELIDAE) IN <i>TURDUS MERULA</i> AND <i>COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRAUSTES</i> IN RUSSIA
The trematode <i>Morishitium polonicum</i> has been recorded for the first time from passerine birds in Russia (National Park «Smolny», Republic of Mordovia, Russia). Fifteen mature specimens were found in the air sacks of <i>Turdus merula</i> and <i>Coccothraustes coccothraustes</i>. A morphological description and photos of the examined trematode are given. <i>Coccothraustes coccothraustes</i> is detected as a new host of this trematode.