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A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Carlia spp. (Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea

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A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from rainbow skinks, Carlia ailanpalai Zug and Carlia eothen Zug is described from specimens collected in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Oöcysts of Eimeria zugi n. sp. from one of one (100%) C. eothen are ellipsoidal to cylindroidal, with a smooth, colourless, bi-layered wall, measure 25.1 × 15.5 μm and have a length/width ratio of 1.6. The micropyle and the oöcyst residuum are absent, but a polar granule is present. The sporocysts are ovoidal to ellipsoidal and 10.3 × 7.1 μm in size and do not contain Stieda, sub-Stieda or para-Stieda bodies; and the sporocyst residuum is composed of a compact mass of large globules. The sporozoites are elongate, 12.8 × 2.9 μm in size, and contain anterior and posterior refractile bodies with a nucleus between them. This is the ninth species of coccidium described from skinks from PNG, and the new species described herein is apparently endemic to the skink genus Carlia (Gray).

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Acknowledgements

We thank the late Steve J. Upton (Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA) for technical assistance, and Scott L. Gardner (Manter Parasite Collection, Lincoln, NE, USA) for parasitological training of RNF. Further appreciation is extended to Patricia A. Pilitt (USNPC) for expert curatorial assistance. The PNG Department of Environment and Conservation supplied export permits to CCA for the lizard and parasite collections. This work was funded in part by IBN 9311139 and DEB 1146033 to CCA. The use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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  1. Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK, 74745, USA

    Chris T. McAllister

  2. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA

    Donald W. Duszynski

  3. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego Field Station, 4165 Spruance Road, Suite 200, San Diego, CA, 92101–0812, USA

    Robert N. Fisher

  4. Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA

    Christopher C. Austin

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McAllister, C.T., Duszynski, D.W., Fisher, R.N. et al. A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Carlia spp. (Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea. Syst Parasitol 86, 53–57 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-013-9429-4

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