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The ruby-crowned tanager Tachyphonus coronatus Vieillot, 1822 (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) as a new host for Isospora ramphoceli Berto, Flausino, Luz, Ferreira, Lopes, 2010 in Brazil

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Acta Parasitologica
From the journal Acta Parasitologica Volume 62 Issue 2

Abstract

Despite 12 coccidian species had been recorded from passerines of the Thraupidae family, none of them has been reported in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, in Southeastern Brazil. This locality is a protected area with a high degree of vulnerability, and is considered a "conservation island" of biodiversity. The aim of the current work was describe Isospora ramphoceli Berto, Flausino, Luz, Ferreira, Lopes, 2010 from ruby-crowned tanagers Tachyphonus coronatus Vieillot, 1822 in the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia. The oocysts of I. ramphoceli are subspheroidal, 23.1 × 22.1 μm, with smooth, bilayered wall. Micropyle, oocyst residuum and polar granule are absent. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal or ovoidal, 16.2 × 10.8 μm. Stieda body is knob-like and substieda body is large and homogeneous. Sporocyst residuum is composed of many scattered granules. Sporozoites are vermiform with a posterior refractile body and a nucleus. In addition to new locality, this is the first description of I. ramphoceli from T. coronatus.

Keywords: Morphology; taxonomy; coccidia; Isospora; oocysts; Passeriformes; Thraupidae; Parque Nacional do Itatiaia; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil

Acknowledgements

This study was supported by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). We are thankful to the staff at the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, mainly to the research coordinator Dr. Léo Nascimento.

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Received: 2016-6-24
Revised: 2016-11-3
Accepted: 2017-1-17
Published Online: 2017-4-18
Published in Print: 2017-6-1

© 2017 W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, PAS

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Keywords for this article
Morphology; taxonomy; coccidia; Isospora; oocysts; Passeriformes; Thraupidae; Parque Nacional do Itatiaia; Rio de Janeiro; Brazil

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