title: Four new species of Isospora from the small tree finch (Camarhynchus parvulus) from the Galapagos Islands.
abstract: Four isosporan species are described from the small tree finch, Camarhynchus parvulus from Isabela Island on the Galapagos Archipelago. Isospora exigua n. sp. oocysts subspheroidal, one-layered, smooth, yellow-brown color, 20.4 X 20.1 (20-23 X 18-23) microns, with no micropyle, residuum, or polar body. Sporocysts ovoidal, 14 X 9.5 (13-15 X 8-10) microns, with small Stieda and substieda bodies and irregular-shaped residuum. Isospora rotunda n. sp. oocysts subspheroidal, single-layered, smooth, yellow-brown wall with large polar body and no micropyle or residuum, 20.9 X 20.8 (20-24 X 19-23) microns. Sporocysts ovoidal, 15 X 9.7 (13-16 X 9-10) microns with knob-like Stieda bodies, prominent substieda bodies and round residuum. Isospora fragmenta n. sp. oocysts subspheroidal with no micropyle or residuum but with many splinter-like polar granules and a smooth, colorless, single-layered wall, 25.3 X 24.2 (24-27 X 23-25) microns. Sporocysts piriform 15.4 X 11.5 (14-17 X 11-12) microns with knob-like Stieda bodies, prominent substieda bodies, and irregular-shaped residuum. Isospora temeraria n. sp. oocysts ellipsoidal with one polar body, no micropyle or residuum, and wall of a single layer, smooth, yellow-brown color, 25.4 X 21.1 (21-30 X 17-23) microns. Sporocysts piriform, 15 X 10 (14-15 X 9-11) microns with knob-like Stieda bodies, prominent substieda bodies, and a round residuum. One woodpecker finch, Cactospiza pallida, was found to be infected with I. exigua, and a warbler finch, Certhidea olivacea was infected with I. fragmenta.
authors: Department of Biology, Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois 62522.
authors: T E
authors: TE
authors: McQuistion
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004484:Ecuador; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007549:Isospora / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure