title: Eimeriaatlapetesinom. nov., a replacement name forEimeriapileataSoriano-Vargas et al., 2015 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), preoccupied byEimeriapileataStraneva and Kelley, 1979 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), with observations on histopathology and phylogenetic analysis.
abstract: Eimeria pileata Soriano-Vargas, Medina, Salgado-Miranda, García-Conejo, Galindo-Sánchez, Janczur, Berto and Lopes, 2015 is a junior homonym of Eimeria pileata Straneva and Kelley, 1979 and needs to be replaced. This coccidium was described from a rufous-capped brush finch Atlapetes pileatus Wagler in the Nevado de Toluca Natural Protected Area, Mexico. Thus, to maintain the original intent of the specific epithet derived from the scientific name of the type-host, the name Eimeria atlapetesi nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name. Additionally, the current work reports another rufous-capped brush finch A. pileatus parasitized by E. atlapetesi in co-infection with an Isospora sp., providing observations of histopathology and phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene from E. atlapetesi. Endogenous forms of E. atlapetesi and Isospora sp. were observed in intestinal sections. Few oocysts of Isospora sp. were observed; therefore they were not morphologically or molecularly identified. In return, E. atlapetesi was identified and it was phylogenetically close to Eimeria dispersa Tyzzer, 1929 from the domestic turkey Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Mexico, Mexico.. user@example.com.
authors.forename: Edgardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Soriano-Vargas
authors.forename: Celene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salgado-Miranda
authors.forename: Andrea Paloma
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zepeda-Velázquez
authors.forename: Juan Pablo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: Mariusz Krzysztof
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Janczur
authors.forename: Maricruz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González-Gómez
authors.forename: Izanami Tereira
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Flores-Valle
authors.forename: Bruno Pereira
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Berto
authors.forename: Carlos Wilson Gomes
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis; D004539:Eimeria; D007549:Isospora; D008800:Mexico; D033661:Oocysts; D010802:Phylogeny
keywords: Aves, coccidia, oocysts, Isospora, Atlapetes pileatus, Passeriformes, nomenclature, taxonomy, phylogeny, conservation, protected area, birds, Mexico