title: Isospora vanriperorum Levine, 1982 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in the green-winged saltator, Saltator similis (Passeriformes: Cardinalinae) in southeastern Brazil.
abstract: Isospora vanriperorum from the green-winged saltator (Saltator similis) is described in Southeastern Brazil. Oocysts are spherical to subspherical, 19.4-26 by 18.3-26 micro (23.1 by 22.4 micro), shape index 1.04 with a single layered wall, fine, smooth and yellowish. Micropyle and residuum are absents, but one elliptical polar granule is present. Sporocysts are ovoid, 14.5-20.2 by 8.1-12.5 micro (16.3 by 10.8 micro), shape index 1.53 with prominent Stieda body, barely discernible substieda body and residuum centered and granulated.
authors: Curso de Graduação em Biologia, Universidade Estacio de Sá. Vargem Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. brunolopesbio@oi.com.br
authors: Bruno do B
authors: Bdo B
authors: Lopes
authors: Bruno P
authors: BP
authors: Berto
authors: Fabiana V
authors: FV
authors: Massad
authors: Carlos Wilson G
authors: CW
authors: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007549:Isospora / Q000502:physiology*; D033661:Oocysts; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000469:parasitology*