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Note on the Taxonomy of Frenkelia microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae)

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Based on biological, morphological and molecular data, species of Frenkelia Biocca, 1968 should be reclassified within the genus Sarcocystis Poche, 1913. This taxonomic change leads to the secondary homonymy of S. microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) n. comb. and S. microti Dubey, 1983. The recently suggested conspecificity and consequent synonymy of S. microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) and S. buteonis (Henry, 1932) is not really justifiable and thus S. microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) should be considered a valid species. S. jaypeedubeyi nom. nov. is, therefore, proposed as a nomen novum for S. microti Dubey, 1983 to alleviate the problem of this secondary homonymy.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

    David Modrý

  2. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    David Modrý & Jan Votýpka

  3. Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Viničná 7, 128 44, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jan Votýpka & Milena Svobodová

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Modrý, D., Votýpka, J. & Svobodová, M. Note on the Taxonomy of Frenkelia microti (Findlay & Middleton, 1934) (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae). Syst Parasitol 58, 185–187 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:SYPA.0000032924.63708.57

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