title: A new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from tri-colored bats, Perimyotis subflavus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from the Ouachitas of Arkansas.
abstract: Between February 2013 and October 2013, eleven tri-colored bats, Perimyotis subflavus were collected from Marion, Polk, and Searcy counties, Arkansas, and their faeces examined for coccidian parasites. Two of eleven (18%) harboured an eimerian that we describe here as new. Oocysts of Eimeria mcdanieli sp. n. were ellipsoidal to elongate with a bi-layered wall and measured (length × width, L × W) 28.3 × 17.9 μm, with an L/W ratio of 1.6. A micropyle and oocyst residuum were absent but a single polar granule was present. Sporocysts were ovoidal, 12.6 × 8.3 μm, with an L/W ratio of 1.5. A pronounced, nipple-like Stieda body was present as well as a substieda body. A sporocyst residuum was present as dispersed bubble-like granules. This is the third coccidian described from tri-colored bats and the sixth species reported from Arkansas chiropterans. In addition, both infected bats harbored a concurrent infection of Eimeria heidti McAllister, Burt, Seville, and Robison, 2011.
authors.affiliation: Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, Oklahoma, 74745, USA, cmcallister@se.edu.
authors.forename: Chris T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: McAllister
authors.forename: R Scott
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Seville
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arlen
authors.forename: Matthew B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Connior
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001131:Arkansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D021743:Eimeriidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D013045:Species Specificity