Eimeria tuscarorensis n. sp. (Protozooa: Eimeridae) and redescriptions of other coccidia of the woodchuck, Marmota monax [E. tuscarorensis n.sp. (Protozoa, Eimeridae) et redescriptions des autres coccidies de la marmotte commune d'Amérique].

Résumé

Examination of feces obtained from wild-trapped woodchucks, Marmota monax, near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, revealed three previously described species: Eimeria monacis, E. perforoides, and E. os. In addition I found a new coccidium, E. tuscarorensis n. sp., described in this paper. Structurally the new species resembles E. wisconsinensis and E. bilamellata. An unidentified polysporocystic coccidium, possibly the genus Klossia, was found in small numbers in one sample.