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Isospora sagittulae McQuistion & Capparella, 1992 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of Brazil: with notes on its distribution and dispersion in the Neotropical region

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In the current study, Isospora sagittulae McQuistion and Capparella, 1992 (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) is reported from white-shouldered fire-eyes Pyriglena leucoptera (Vieillot, 1818) in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. To date, this coccidian species was described from antbirds in Ecuador and Brazilian Amazon. In this sense, oocysts and measurements of the description of I. sagittulae from Amazonian antbirds were required from the deposit for comparison between samples from the Amazon and Atlantic Forest. The morphology was similar in all aspects, despite the polymorphism associated with the oocyst shape. DNA sequences for the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) locus of the oocysts had similarity of 100%. Therefore, these strong morphological, molecular, and ecological equivalences ensure the unique identification of I. sagittulae. Finally, this finding reveals the wide distribution of I. sagittulae in the Neotropical region and indicates that other antbirds in the Brazilian Cerrado should disperse I. sagittulae to the Amazon and Atlantic Forest.

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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 de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). Field-collecting permits were issued by SISBIO/ICMBio (licenses 42798-1, 45200-1, 49605-1, 54951-1) and CEUA/UFRRJ (protocols IV-036/2014, ICBS-008/2015, IV-6606250616). We are thankful to staff at the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, mainly to the research coordinator Dr. Léo Nascimento, and the landowner at Cacaria in the Municipality of Piraí, RJ, that allowed us to access and use some facilities during the expeditions.

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), BR-465 Km 7, Seropédica, RJ, 23897-000, Brazil

    Lidiane M. Silva-Carvalho & Mariana B. Rodrigues

  2. Curso de Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (ICBS), UFRRJ, BR-465 Km 7, Seropédica, RJ, 23897-000, Brazil

    Danilo G. N. Pastura, Jennifer V. Gomes & Priscyanne B. Siqueira

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  4. Departamento de Biologia Animal, ICBS, UFRRJ, BR-465 Km 7, Seropédica, RJ, 23897-000, Brazil

    Águida A. Oliveira, Viviane M. Lima, Ildemar Ferreira & Bruno P. Berto

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Silva-Carvalho, L.M., Pastura, D.G.N., Rodrigues, M.B. et al. Isospora sagittulae McQuistion & Capparella, 1992 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from antbirds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of Brazil: with notes on its distribution and dispersion in the Neotropical region. Parasitol Res 117, 2635–2641 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-018-5955-y

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