McAllister Chris T, Duszynski Donald W, Fisher Robert N, Austin Christopher C
Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK 74745, USA.
Syst Parasitol. 2013 Sep;86(1):53-7. doi: 10.1007/s11230-013-9429-4. Epub 2013 Aug 15.
A new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 from rainbow skinks, Carlia ailanpalai Zug and Carlia eothen Zug is described from specimens collected in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Oöcysts of Eimeria zugi n. sp. from one of one (100%) C. eothen are ellipsoidal to cylindroidal, with a smooth, colourless, bi-layered wall, measure 25.1 × 15.5 μm and have a length/width ratio of 1.6. The micropyle and the oöcyst residuum are absent, but a polar granule is present. The sporocysts are ovoidal to ellipsoidal and 10.3 × 7.1 μm in size and do not contain Stieda, sub-Stieda or para-Stieda bodies; and the sporocyst residuum is composed of a compact mass of large globules. The sporozoites are elongate, 12.8 × 2.9 μm in size, and contain anterior and posterior refractile bodies with a nucleus between them. This is the ninth species of coccidium described from skinks from PNG, and the new species described herein is apparently endemic to the skink genus Carlia (Gray).
描述了一种来自巴布亚新几内亚（PNG）的新艾美球虫物种，即1875年施耐德所描述的艾美球虫属，它寄生于彩虹石龙子（Carlia ailanpalai Zug和Carlia eothen Zug）。来自1只（100%）C. eothen的新种艾美球虫（Eimeria zugi n. sp.）的卵囊呈椭圆形至圆柱形，壁光滑、无色、双层，大小为25.1×15.5μm，长宽比为1.6。无微孔和卵囊残体，但有一个极粒。孢子囊呈卵圆形至椭圆形，大小为10.3×7.1μm，不含斯氏体、亚斯氏体或副斯氏体；孢子囊残体由紧密的大球状体组成。子孢子细长，大小为12.8×2.9μm，含有前后折光体，两者之间有一个细胞核。这是从PNG的石龙子中描述的第九种球虫，本文描述的新物种显然是石龙子属（格雷）的特有种。
