Redescription of Eimeria escomeli (Rastegaieff, 1930) from Myrmecophaga tridactyla, and a First Report from Bolivia

Authors

Scott Lyell Gardner, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Steve UptonFollow
C. R. Lambert, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
O. C. Jordán, Zoo Santa Cruz, Fauna Sudamericana, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Date of this Version

1-1991

Comments

Published in the Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington (January 1991) 58(1): 16-18. Copyright 1991, Helminthological Society of Washington. Used by permission.

Abstract

Eimeria escomeli (Rastegaieff, 1930) Levine and Becker, 1933, is redescribed from the giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (L.), from the departamento de La Paz, Bolivia. This is the first report of parasites from M. tridactyla from Bolivia and only the third time that coccidians have been recorded from this host.