A new coccidian, Isospora parnaitatiaiensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae), from the white-shouldered fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera (Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae) from South America

Parasitology Research - Tập 115 - Trang 745-749 - 2015
Lidiane Maria da Silva1, Mariana Borges Rodrigues1, Bruno do Bomfim Lopes2, Bruno Pereira Berto3, Hermes Ribeiro Luz4, Ildemar Ferreira3, Carlos Wilson Gomes Lopes4
1Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, Brazil
2Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação em Agropecuária, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Brazil
3Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Brazil
4Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, UFRRJ, Seropédica, Brazil

Tóm tắt

A new coccidian species (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Isospora) parasitizing the white-shouldered fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera (Vieillot, 1818) is described in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia. This park is a protected area in southeastern Brazil with a high degree of vulnerability, representing a “conservation island” of biodiversity. Isospora parnaitatiaiensis n. sp. has oocysts that are ellipsoidal, 23.8 × 19.4 μm, with smooth, bilayered wall, ~1.1 μm thick. Micropyle and oocyst residuum are absent, but one or two polar granules are present. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, 14.6 × 9.3 μm. The Stieda body is nipple- to knob-like and sub-Stieda body rounded to rectangular. Sporocyst residuum is present, usually as a cluster of numerous granules. Sporozoites are vermiform with two refractile bodies and a nucleus. This is the second isosporoid coccidian described from antbirds (Thamnophilidae).

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