Isospora araponga sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a new species of Isospora Schneider from a bare-throated bellbird, Procnias nudicollis (Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Cotingidae) from Brazil.
Faecal samples from a couple of bare-throated bellbirds Procnias nudicollis imported from Brazil to Barcelona Zoo contained oocysts of Isospora araponga n. sp. Sporulated oocysts were subspherical to broadly ellipsoidal, 19.5 (17-22) x 15.5 (14-16.5) microm, shape index (length:width ratio) 1.26 (1.13-1.38) with smooth and colourless bilayered wall, about 1 microm thick, and with varying number (1-3) of polar granule, but without a micropyle or residuum. The sporocysts were ellipsoidal, slightly asymmetric, 12.5 (12-13) x 8.5 (7.5-9) microm with barely visible Stieda body and indistinguishable substieda body. Sporozoites were elongated, possessing smooth surface and two distinct refractile bodies.
Dolezalová
Markéta
M
Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, Brno, 312 42, Czech Republic.
Torres
Jordi
J
Fernández
Hugo
H
Modrý
David
D
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007549:Isospora / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*