| isospora automoli, a new coccidian parasite (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the buff-throated foliage-gleaner automolus ochrolaemus and the olive-backed foliage-gleaner a. infuscatus from south america. | a new species of isosporan parasite is described from the faecal contents of the buff-throated foliage-gleaner automolus ochrolaemus and the olive-backed foliage-gleaner a. infuscatus collected in the rainforests of eastern ecuador. sporulated oöcysts are subspherical to ovoidal, 23.4 x 21.3 (18-28 x 17-24) microns, colourless, with a smooth, double-layered wall with the inner layer darker and thinner; the shape-index (length/width) is 1.1 (1-1.22). oöcysts contain one polar granule, but lack a ... | 1999 | 10619075 |