title: Eimeria pileata n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the rufous-capped brush finch Atlapetes pileatus Wagler (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Mexico.
abstract: A new coccidian species (Protista: Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) collected from the rufous-capped brush finch Atlapetes pileatus Wagler in the Nevado de Toluca Natural Protected Area, Mexico. Oöcysts of Eimeria pileata n. sp. are ellipsoidal, measuring on average 16.5 × 14.1 μm, with a smooth, bi-layered wall. Micropyle and oöcyst residuum are absent, but a polar granule is present. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, measuring on average 9.0 × 5.4 μm. Stieda and sub-Stieda bodies are both present. A sporocyst residuum is present as a compact mass of granules. This is the third description of an eimeriid coccidian infecting passerines.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México, México.
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soriano-Vargas
authors.affiliation: DIAM-Mexico, Environment for the Americas, Toluca, México, México.
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México, México.
authors.forename: Celene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salgado-Miranda
authors.affiliation: Research Group in Behavioral Biology and Conservation, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico, Mexico.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García-Conejo
authors.affiliation: Research Group in Behavioral Biology and Conservation, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico, Mexico.
authors.forename: Karla Patrícia
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Galindo-Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Research Group in Behavioral Biology and Conservation, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico, Mexico.
authors.forename: Mariusz Krzysztof
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Janczur
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR-465 km 7, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, 23897-970, Brazil. bertobp@ufrrj.br.
authors.forename: Bruno Pereira
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Berto
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Wilson Gomes
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004539:Eimeria / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology*; D046369:Finches / Q000469:parasitology*; D008800:Mexico; D033661:Oocysts / Q000166:cytology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D013045:Species Specificity