| helminth (cestoda, nematoda) and coccidian (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) parasites of the eastern small-footed myotis, myotis leibii (chiroptera: vespertilionidae) from arkansas, with a description of a new species of eimeria. | during may and july 2016, 32 eastern small-footed myotis (myotis leibii) were collected from five counties of northwestern arkansas and their faeces examined for coccidian parasites. four of 32 (13%) m. leibii harboured an eimerian that we describe here as new. oocysts of eimeria sassei sp. n. were ovoidal to ellipsoidal with a bi-layered wall and measured (length × width, l × w) 18.3 × 15.2 µm, with an l/w ratio of 1.2. a micropyle and oocyst residuum were absent but 1-2 polar granules were pre ... | 2017 | 28426407 |