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Two new species of Eimeria Schneider 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 (Rodentia: Muridae) from Jordan

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Coprological examination of 40 Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 from Jordan revealed oocysts of three species of genus Eimeria. Two species are described as new. Eimeria zuhairamri sp. n. has broadly ellipsoidal oocysts 29.6 (27.0–34.0)×23.3 (22.0–25.0) μm with distinctly granulated wall and oocyst residuum. Endogenous development occurs in jejunum and ileum. Eimeria alorani sp. n. has oocysts 26.9 (23.0–29.0)×19.3 (18.0–22.0) μm with smooth wall and absent residuum. Endogenous development is confined to the caecum. The third species, developing in jejunum, has oocysts morphologically indistinguishable from Eimeria uptoni. The identity of E. uptoni and the taxonomy of Eimeria of Apodemus are discussed.

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Acknowledgement

We are deeply indebted to D.W. Duszynski and S.J. Upton for kind help with collecting pertinent literature. The field work in Jordan was generously supported in part by the Higher Council of Science & Technology/Badia Development and Research Project (Animal Biodiversity). We are grateful for the continuous support of Mohamed Shahbaz, director of the Badia project. Research in Dibbin was facilitated by the Royal Society for Conservation of Nature, we are indebted to all members of its “fauna team” for help and to Mayas Quarquaz for collecting the part of samples. We are most indebted to Z. Amr for his endless support and hospitality. We are also grateful for logistic support provided by Mutah University and thank Ratib Al-Oran, Pavel Široký and Stephan Weigel for joining us in the field. The study was supported by grant No. 524/03/1548 of the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic.

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  1. Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1–3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

    Lada Hůrková, Miloslav Jirků & David Modrý

  2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Jordan University for Science and Technology, 3030, 22110, Irbid, Jordan

    Mohammad Abu Baker

  3. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

    David Modrý

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Hůrková, L., Baker, M.A., Jirků, M. et al. Two new species of Eimeria Schneider 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the broad-toothed field mouse, Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 (Rodentia: Muridae) from Jordan. Parasitol Res 97, 33–40 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1353-3

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