A new acroeimerian (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in spotted house gecko, Gekko monarchus (Schlegel) (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia

McAllister CT 1 , Hnida JA 2 , Fisher SR 3 , Del Pinto LA 3 , Quah ESH 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, OK, 74745, USA. cmcallister@se.edu
  • 2 Department of Microbiology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
  • 3 Department of Biology, La Sierra University, 4500 Riverwalk Pkwy, Riverside, CA, 92505, USA
  • 4 Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, 21030, Tereng-ganu, Malaysia
Syst Parasitol, 2020 10;97(5):529-534.
PMID: 32813222 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-020-09929-1

Abstract

A new species of Acroeimeria Paperna & Landsberg, 1989 is described from the spotted house gecko, Gekko monarchus (Schlegel) from Peninsular Malaysia. Oöcysts of Acroeimeria grismeri n. sp. are spheroidal to subspheroidal with a smooth bi-layered wall, measure on average 18.4 × 17.3 µm, and have a length/width (L/W) ratio of 1.1; a micropyle and an oöcyst residuum are absent but variable polar granule(s) are present, commonly in Brownian movement. Sporocysts are ellipsoidal and measure on average 8.6 × 6.7 µm, L/W 1.3; Stieda, sub-Stieda and para-Stieda bodies are absent. The sporocyst residuum is composed of numerous spheroidal granules in the center of the sporocyst. This is the initial species of coccidian reported from G. monarchus and one of the few reported from any reptile from Peninsular Malaysia.

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