Telford Sam R, Moler Paul E, Butler J F
The Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.
J Parasitol. 2008 Apr;94(2):520-3. doi: 10.1645/GE-1330.1.
Two species of Hepatozoon, i.e., H. sauritus and H. horridus n. sp., were present in 1 of 8 timber rattlesnakes, Crotalus horridus. The narrow gamonts of H. sauritus are 15.0-19.0 x 3.5-5.0 microm, with LW 58-86 microm2 and L/W 3.2-4.7, with a narrow, rounded anterior end. The spherical to slightly ovoid oocysts produce ovoid to elongate sporocysts, 21-43 x 12-24 microm, L/W 1.20-2.7, containing on average 22.1 (10-34) sporozoites. This is the first report of a natural cross-familial transfer of a Hepatozoon species. Gamonts of H. horridus n. sp. are 13.0-17.0 x 4.0-6.0 microm, with LW 63-102 microm2 and L/W 2.6-4.0, and have broadly rounded ends. The gamont cytoplasm is vacuolated. The spherical to ovoid oocysts form spherical to elongate sporocysts 14-45 x 11-25 microm, L/W 1.0-2.3, producing an average of 13.0 (8-21) sporozoites. The salivary gland in 1 of 5 mosquitoes dissected contained 1 mature oocyst.
在8条东部菱斑响尾蛇（Crotalus horridus）中，有1条体内存在两种肝簇虫，即蜥蜴肝簇虫（Hepatozoon sauritus）和新种可怕肝簇虫（H. horridus n. sp.）。蜥蜴肝簇虫的窄型配子体大小为15.0 - 19.0×3.5 - 5.0微米，长宽比为58 - 86微米²，长/宽为3.2 - 4.7，前端窄且圆。球形至稍卵形的卵囊产生卵形至细长形的子孢子囊，大小为21 - 43×12 - 24微米，长/宽为1.20 - 2.7，平均含有22.1（10 - 34）个子孢子。这是肝簇虫物种自然跨科转移的首次报道。新种可怕肝簇虫的配子体大小为13.0 - 17.0×4.0 - 6.0微米，长宽比为63 - 102微米²，长/宽为2.6 - 4.0，两端宽圆。配子体细胞质有空泡。球形至卵形的卵囊形成球形至细长形的子孢子囊，大小为14 - 45×11 - 25微米，长/宽为1.0 - 2.3，平均产生13.0（8 - 21）个子孢子。在解剖的5只蚊子中，有1只的唾液腺含有1个成熟卵囊。
