Isospora wiegmanniana, Megía-Palma & Martínez & Nasri & Cuervo & Martín & Acevedo & Belliure & Ortega & García-Roa & Selmi & Merino, 2016

Megía-Palma, Rodrigo, Martínez, Javier, Nasri, Intissar, Cuervo, José Javier, Martín, José, Acevedo, Iván, Belliure, Josabel, Ortega, Jesús, García-Roa, Roberto, Selmi, Slaheddine & Merino, Santiago, 2016, Phylogenetic relationships of Isospora, Lankesterella, and Caryospora species (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) infecting lizards, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 16 (1), pp. 275-288 : 283-284

Isospora wiegmanniana sp. nov.

Description: The sporulated oocysts (N =20) were spherical to subspherical and had a measure of 15.2 (mean)± 1.0 (SD) (range=13.1–17.1) ×15.6±1.1 (13.9–18.2)μm, with an index shape (length/width) of 1.04± 0.02 (1.01–1.09). Transversal septa were visible in the oocyst wall. A thick monolayered wall of 0.8± 0.1 (0.7–1.0)μm was observed. However, there is a growing consensus about the consistency in the structure of the coccidian oocyst wall. Thus, likely, two thin or fused layers may form the wall of apparently monolayered walls of coccidian oocysts ( Belli et al. 2006; Mai et al. 2009; Berto et al. 2014). The micropyle, PG, and OR were absent. Sporocysts (N =20) were ellipsoid and had a measure of 8.4 ± 1.2 (6.1–10.4)×6.5±0.5 (5.5–7.6) μm; the shape index was 1.2±0.1 (1.0–1.5). An irregular SR, a flattened SB, and a widely flattened SSB were present. Two rounded RBs were visible at either end of the SP.

Sporulation: Probably exogenous. The time of sporulation was not recorded.

Type host: Trogonophis wiegmanni wiegmanni Kaup, 1830 .

Type locality: Congreso, Isabel II and Rey Francisco Islands ; Chafarinas Archipelago ( Spain), and North Africa ( UTM 30 S 551837, 3893225) .

Prevalence: 37 / 71 (52.1 %) of the examined amphisbaenians were infected.

Type material: Phototypes and DNA voucher were deposited at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC in Madrid, Spain, under the accession number MNCN / ADN: 65271. No lizards were euthanized, and therefore, a symbiotype was not deposited. The 18S rRNA sequence was deposited in GenBank (accession number: KU180242 ) .

Etymology: The nomen triviale was given after the host specific name and therefore is a variable adjective.