title: Description of Pythonella scleruri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from a brazilian bird rufous-breasted-leaftosser Sclerurus scansor, 1835 (Passeriformes: Furnariidae).
abstract: Coccidian oocysts containing 16 sporocysts with 4 sporozoites in each were observed in a faecal sample from Sclerurus scansor collected in the Itatiaia National Park, southeastern region of Brazil. The oocysts are characterized by ellipsoidal shape measuring 42.5 x 32.8 mm, with smooth, thick double-layered wall of a greenish-orange colour. An oocyst residuum of numerous scattered granules among the sporocysts in sporulated ones; 16 round sporocysts, averaging 10.5 x 10 mm each containing four elongated sporozoites; presence of residuum; absence of Stieda body. The presently described coccidian, recorded for the first time in birds, is a new species named P. scleruri.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biologia, Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kawazoe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gouvêa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology; D001938:Brazil; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D021741:Eimeriida / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D020308:Songbirds / Q000469:parasitology*