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Eimeria pileata n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the rufous-capped brush finch Atlapetes pileatus Wagler (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Mexico

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A new coccidian species (Protista: Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) collected from the rufous-capped brush finch Atlapetes pileatus Wagler in the Nevado de Toluca Natural Protected Area, Mexico. Oöcysts of Eimeria pileata n. sp. are ellipsoidal, measuring on average 16.5 × 14.1 μm, with a smooth, bi-layered wall. Micropyle and oöcyst residuum are absent, but a polar granule is present. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal, measuring on average 9.0 × 5.4 μm. Stieda and sub-Stieda bodies are both present. A sporocyst residuum is present as a compact mass of granules. This is the third description of an eimeriid coccidian infecting passerines.

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Acknowledgements

We greatly acknowledge the Comité Ejidal de Cacalomacán, México, for having provided us the opportunity to carry out this study on its territory and for accommodation. Biól. Bernardo Lugo García, Biól. Juan Procopio Hernández and Biól. Uriel Marín Ávila are greatly acknowledged for their technical assistance in the field. We also acknowledge both Tierra de Aves and the Institute for Bird Populations and the Biodiversity Research Institute (USA) for donating mist nets and other mist netting and banding material.

Funding

This study was supported by grants from the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) to CWGL and BPB and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) to MKJ (3679/2014/CID) and ES-V (CONACYT CB-2008-103142-Z).

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  1. Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados en Salud Animal, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México, México

    Edgardo Soriano-Vargas & Celene Salgado-Miranda

  2. DIAM-Mexico, Environment for the Americas, Toluca, México, México

    Juan Pablo Medina

  3. Research Group in Behavioral Biology and Conservation, Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico, Mexico

    Michele García-Conejo, Karla Patrícia Galindo-Sánchez & Mariusz Krzysztof Janczur

  4. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR-465 km 7, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, 23897-970, Brazil

    Bruno Pereira Berto

  5. Departamento de Parasitologia Animal, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Carlos Wilson Gomes Lopes

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All applicable institutional, national and international guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. Animal manipulation was performed by suitably qualified professionals. The license for collecting wildlife in Mexico is provided by SEMARNAT (code SGPA/DGVS/07613/14).

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Soriano-Vargas, E., Medina, J.P., Salgado-Miranda, C. et al. Eimeria pileata n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the rufous-capped brush finch Atlapetes pileatus Wagler (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Mexico. Syst Parasitol 92, 261–265 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9602-z

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