The ruby-crowned tanager Tachyphonus coronatus Vieillot, 1822 (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) as a new host for Isospora ramphoceli Berto, Flausino, Luz, Ferreira, Lopes, 2010 in Brazil.
Rodrigues MB, de Pinho IF, da Silva LM, Lopes BD, Luz HR, Ferreira I, Lopes CWG, Berto BP.
Rodrigues MB, et al. Among authors: ferreira i.
Acta Parasitol. 2017 Jun 1;62(2):306-311. doi: 10.1515/ap-2017-0038.
Acta Parasitol. 2017.
PMID: 28426404
The oocysts of I. ramphoceli are subspheroidal, 23.1 22.1 mum, with smooth, bilayered wall. Micropyle, oocyst residuum and polar granule are absent. ...In addition to new locality, this is the first description of I. ramphoceli from T. coronatus....
The oocysts of I. ramphoceli are subspheroidal, 23.1 22.1 mum, with smooth, bilayered wall. Micropyle, oocyst residuum and polar gran …