| isospora phainopepla n. sp. (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from phainopepla nitens (swainson) (passeriformes: ptiliogonatidae) in the joshua tree national park, usa. | isospora phainopepla n. sp. is described from the faeces of phainopepla nitens (swainson) collected in joshua tree national park, california, usa. to our knowledge, there are no metazoan or protist parasites described yet from any species in the ptiliogonatidae of the americas. sporulated oöcysts of the isosporan are ellipsoidal, 30-35 × 22-29 (32.9 × 25.4) μm, with a length/width (l/w) ratio 1.20-1.35 (1.30); one rice-shaped polar granule is present, but both oöcyst residuum and micropyle are a ... | 2019 | 31612377 |