“…However, the first species is currently considered a younger synonym of S. tundra (Laaksonen et al ., 2010; Enemark et al ., 2017) while the data of S. digitata are uncertain and its real natural occurrence in Italy has never been confirmed molecularly. In summary, S. cervi , S. tundra and S. labiatopapillosa are found in European hoofed game (Pietrobelli, 2008; Alasaad et al ., 2012; Karbowiak et al ., 2014; Demiaszkiewicz et al ., 2015; Čurlík et al ., 2019; Oloś et al ., 2019) while S. equina is a parasite of horses, mules and donkeys (Hornok et al ., 2007; Regnier et al ., 2019)…”