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The vulnerable Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux) and Haplospiza unicolor Cabanis as new hosts for Isospora sporophilae Carvalho-Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro & Lopes, 2005 (Eimeriidae) in Brazil

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Isospora sporophilae Carvalho-Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro & Lopes, 2005 was morphologically and molecularly identified from the double-collared seedeater Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux), which is categorised as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), and from the uniform finch Haplospiza unicolor Cabanis in conserved and anthropomorphic/fragmented areas of Atlantic Forest in the southeastern Brazil. The oöcysts recovered from S. frontalis and H. unicolor had small morphological and genotypic differences that were not considered sufficient for the description of new species, but only different genotypes of I. sporophilae related to each host. This coccidian species was originally described from double-collared seedeaters Sporophila caerulescens (Vieillot) in a center screening of wild animals; therefore, this new report emphasises a potential occurrence of anthropomorphic dispersion of coccidia through illegal trade, seizures and reintroductions in the wild.

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Acknowledgements

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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This study was supported by grants from the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES).

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    Mariana Borges Rodrigues & Lidiane Maria da Silva-Carvalho

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR-465 km 7, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, 23897-000, Brazil

    Jhon Lennon Genovez de Oliveira & Mariana de Souza Oliveira

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    Águida Aparecida de Oliveira, Viviane Moreira de Lima, Ildemar Ferreira & Bruno Pereira Berto

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Rodrigues, M.B., de Oliveira, J.L.G., da Silva-Carvalho, L.M. et al. The vulnerable Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux) and Haplospiza unicolor Cabanis as new hosts for Isospora sporophilae Carvalho-Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro & Lopes, 2005 (Eimeriidae) in Brazil. Syst Parasitol 96, 423–431 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-019-09859-7

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