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Five New Species of Isospora From Hawaiian Birds *
Author(s) -
LEVINE NORMAN D.,
RIPER SANDRA,
RIPER CHARLES
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1980.tb04250.x
Subject(s) - isospora , zoology , biology , geography , ecology , feces
SYNOPSIS. the following species are described from Hawaiian birds: Isospora brayi sp. n., with oocysts 27 × 26 μm and sporocysts 19 × 12 μm, from the Japanese white‐eye. Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel; Isospora cardinalis sp. n., with oocysts 24 × 23 μm, and sporocysts 16 × 10 μm, from the cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus); Isospora ivensae sp. n., with oocysts 26 × 25 μm, and sporocysts 18 × 12 μm, from the spotted or white‐throated munia, Lonchura punctulata (Linnaeus); Isospora loxopis sp. n., with oocysts 26 × 23 μm, and sporocysts 16 × 13 μm, from the amakihi or honeycreeper, Loxops virens (Gmelin); and Isospora phaeornis sp. n., with oocysts 27 × 19 μm, and sporocysts 16 × 11 μm, from the omao or Hawaiian thrush, Phaeornis obscurus (Gmelin). All the host birds belong to the order Passerorida.