Isospora attilae Rodrigues, Silva, Lopes, Berto, Luz, Ferreira & Lopes, 2015, n. sp.
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Mariana Borges
name: Silva, Lidiane Maria Da
name: Lopes, Bruno Do Bomfim
name: Berto, Bruno Pereira
name: Luz, Hermes Ribeiro
name: Ferreira, Ildemar
name: Lopes, Carlos Wilson Gomes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromalveolata
Apicomplexa
Conoidasida
Eucoccidiorida
Eimeriidae
Isospora
Isospora attilae

description: Isospora attilae n. sp.
Type host. Grey-hooded attila Attila rufus (Vieillot, 1819) (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae).
Type locality. Marambaia Island (23°04'S, 43°53'W), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Site of infection. Not investigated
Type-material. Oocysts in 70–100% ethanol, phototypes and line drawings are deposited and available (http:// r1.ufrrj.br/lcc) in the Parasitology Collection of the Laboratório de Coccídios e Coccidioses, at UFRRJ, located in Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photographs of the type-host specimens (symbiotypes) are deposited in the same collection. The repository number is P-57/2015.
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the generic name of the type host.
Description (Figs 1 a–c; 2a–c). Oocyst shape (n = 17) sub-spherical to ellipsoidal; oocyst wall bilayered; wall thickness 1.3 (1.1–1.5); outer wall smooth, c. 2/3 of total thickness; L × W = 20.3 × 19.0 (18–22 × 18–21), L/W ratio = 1.07 (1.0–1.2); M, and OR absent, PG present, one or two. Sporocyst shape (n = 13) ellipsoidal; L × W = 13.5 × 7.9 (12– 15 × 7–9); L/W ratio = 1.73 (1.6–1.9); SB present, knob-like, 1.0 high × 2.0 wide; SSB present, rounded to trapezoidal, 2.5 high × 4.0 wide; PSB absent; SR present, composed of granules of different sizes; SZ vermiform with 1 posterior SRB and centrally located N.
Remarks. Isospora attilae differs from other Isospora species from the passerines of same family (Table 1). Isospora mionectesi has oocysts and sporocysts larger than I. attilae. Isospora feroxis is very similar to I. attilae, however, it can be distinguished by SB flattened and ovoidal shape of sporocyst (Berto et al., 2009a; Berto et. al. 2009b).
Coccidia Host Reference Oöcysts
Shape Measurements (µm) Shape index Wall (µm) Polar granule sub- spheroidal 18.7 × 18.0 1.1 c. 1.2 present (18–20 × 17–20) (1.0–1.1) usually 2
Isospora Mionectes Berto et al. ellipsoidal 28.3 × 21.2 1.3 bi-layered, present, 1 or
mionectesi rufiventris Cabanis, (2009b) (23-31 × 19-23) (1.2–1.4) c. 1.3 2 1846
Isospora ovoidal 11.7 × 8.5 present present diffuse
feroxis (11–13 × 8-10) flattened prominent,
Isospora Mionectes Berto et al. elongate 19.7 × 11.7 present present subspheric
mionectesi rufiventris Cabanis, (2009b) ellipsoidal (17-22 × 10-13) rounded prominent al,
1846 compact
Isospora Attila rufus current work ellipsoidal 13,5 × 7,9 present present rounded diffuse
attilae (Vieillot, 1819) (12-15 × 7-9) knob like to trapezoidal
description: Published as part of Rodrigues, Mariana Borges, Silva, Lidiane Maria Da, Lopes, Bruno Do Bomfim, Berto, Bruno Pereira, Luz, Hermes Ribeiro, Ferreira, Ildemar & Lopes, Carlos Wilson Gomes, 2015, A new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeiriidae) from the grey-hooded attila Attila rufus Vieillot, 1819 (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) on the Marambaia island, Brazil, pp. 193-196 in Zootaxa 4034 (1) on pages 194-195, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/235866