Morphological and Molecular Identification of Isospora sepetibensis (Chromista: Miozoa: Eimeriidae) from a New Host, Trichothraupis melanops (Passeriformes: Thraupidae: Tachyphoninae) in South America Author Genovez-Oliveira, Jhon Lennon Author Cardozo, Sergian V. Author De Oliveira, Águida A. Author De Lima, Viviane M. Author Ferreira, Ildemar Author Berto, Bruno P. text Acta Protozoologica 2019 58 1 17 23 http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/16890027ap.19.007.10838 journal article 268563 10.4467/16890027AP.19.007.10838 b2c96303-d630-400f-b3f6-e8922c7dad80 1689-0027 8356932

Table 1. Comparative morphology of Isospora sepetibensis recorded from different thraupid hosts and localities in southeastern Brazil.

Hosts	Localities	Reference (s)	Oocysts					Sporocysts
			Shape	Measure- ments (µm)	L / W ratio	Wall (µm)	Polar granule	Shape	Measure- ments (µm)	L / W ratio	Stieda body	Sub-Stieda body	Residuum
Ramphocelus bresilius (Lin - naeus, 1766)	Marambaia Island, Coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro	Berto et al. (2008)	sub-spher- ical to ellipsoidal	24 – 29 22 – 26 (25.5 × 23.8)	1.0 – 1.2 (1.1)	1.3 –1.4 (1.4)	1 or 2	ellipsoidal	16 – 18 × 10 –12 (16.9 × 11.0)	–	knob-like	prominent	granular, dislocated laterally
Dacnis cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)	Marambaia Island, Coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro	Berto et al. (2011 b)	sub-spheri- cal to ovoidal	22 – 27 × 20 – 23 (24.8 × 21.7)	1.0 – 1.3 (1.14)	1.3	1 or 2	ellipsoidal	16 – 18 × 10 –12 (17.4 × 10.9)	1.5 – 1.7 (1.59)	knob-like or bubble- shaped, 1.5 × 2.0	prominent, 2.0 × 4.0	granular, scattered or forming a mass
Trichothraupis melanops (Vieillot, 1818)	Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, in- terior of the State of Rio de Janeiro	current work	sub- spherical to elongate ovoidal	22 – 29 × 19 – 22 (25.9 20.7)	1.1 – 1.4 (1.26)	1.1 – 2.0 (1.3)	1 or 2	ellipsoidal	15 –18 × 9 – 11 (16.8 × 10.3)	1.5 – 1.8 (1.65)	knob-like, 1.1 – 1.3 (1.2) × 2.0 – 2.2 (2.1)	large to trapezoidal, or irregular, 1.2– 2.3 (1.7) × 2.7 – 3.5 (3.1)	granular, diffuse or membrane- bounded, 5.5 – 6.7 (6.1)