Genus Isospora Schneider, 1881
- Isospora Schneider, A. 1881. Sur les psorospermies oviformes ou Coccidies, espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 9: 387-404 [401].
Type species:
Isospora rara Schneider, 1881 by subsequent monotypy, see Modrý, D. 2001. Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Protista, Apicomplexa): Proposed Designation Of I. suis Biester, 1934 As The Type Species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 58: 272-274. - Cystoisospora Frenkel, J.K. 1977. Besnoitia wallacei of cats and rodents: with a reclassification of other cyst-forming isosporoid Coccidia. Journal of Parasitology 63(4): 611-628, illust.
Type species:
Isospora felis Wenyon, 1923 by original designation.
Introduction
Unidentified species recorded from Queensland, New South wales, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Parasitic (host(s): Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1801) [CRACTICIDAE] Australian Magpie, Black-backed Magpie (faeces); Amphibolurus barbatus (Cuvier, 1829) [AGAMIDAE] Bearded Dragon, Jew Lizard (syn. Ctenophorus barbatus, Pogona barbata; faeces); Manorina melanotis (Wilson, 1911) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Black-eared Miner (faeces); Carlia rhomboidalis (Peters, 1869) [SCINCIDAE] Blue-throated Rainbow-skink (intestines); Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802) [COLUBRIDAE] Brown Tree Snake (faeces); Heteronotia binoei (Gray, 1845) [GEKKONIDAE] Bynoe’s Gecko (faeces, intestines); Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat (faeces); Canis familiaris dingo Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Dingo (= Canis lupus dingo; faeces); Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog (faeces); Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Eastern Spinebill (faeces); Pseudothecadactylus lindneri Cogger, 1975 [GEKKONIDAE] Giant Cave Gecko (faeces); Cracticus torquatus (Latham, 1801) [CRACTICIDAE] Grey Butcherbird (faeces); Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PASSERIDAE] House Sparrow (tissues); Amphibolurus vitticeps Ahl, 1926 [AGAMIDAE] Inland Bearded Dragon (syn. Pogona vitticeps; intestines); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (large intestine); Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Noisy Miner/Minah, Soldier Bird (syn. M. garrula; faeces); Phyllurus cornutus (Ogilby, 1892) [GEKKONIDAE] Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko (faeces, intestine); Cracticus nigrogularis (Gould, 1837) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Butcherbird (faeces); Strepera graculina (Shaw, 1790) [CRACTICIDAE] Pied Currawong (faeces); Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 [SUIDAE] Pig (faeces); Trichoglossus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1771) [PSITTACIDAE] Rainbow Lorikeet (faeces); Gehyra punctata (Fry, 1914) [GEKKONIDAE] Spotted Dtella (faeces); Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1851 [CORVIDAE] Torresian Crow (faeces); Gehyra variegata (Dumeril & Bibron, 1836) [GEKKONIDAE] Tree Dtella (faeces, small intestines)).
Extra Ecological Information
Unidentified species of Isospora have been found in the listed parasite hosts.
General References
Cannon, L.R.G. 1967. New coccidia from Australian lizards. I. Isospora. Parasitology 57: 227-235
Caudell, J.N., Whittier, J. & Conover, M.R. 2002. The effects of haemogregarine-like parasites on brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis) and slatey-grey snakes (Stegonotus cucullatus) in Queensland, Australia. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 49: 113-119
Collins, G.H., Emslie, D.R., Farrow, B.R.H. & Watson, A.D.J. 1983. Sporozoa in dogs and cats. Australian Veterinary Journal 60: 289-290
Ford, G.E. & Beveridge, I. 1980. Clinical Parasitology for the diagnosis of the cyst-forming sporozoa at the vector stage in companion animals. Australian Advances in Veterinary Science 1980: 66-67
Grulet, O., Landau, I., Millet, P. & Baccam, D. 1986. Les Isospora du moineau. II. Etudes sur la biologie. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée 61: 161-192
Johnson, J., Samarasinghe, B., Buddle, R., Armson, A. & Ryan, U. 2008. Molecular identification and prevalence of Isospora sp. in pigs in Western Australia using a PCR-RFLP assay. Experimental Parasitology 120: 191-193
Johnston, J. & Gasser, R.B. 1993. Copro-parasitological survey of dogs in southern Victoria. Australian Veterinary Practitioner 23: 127-131
Kim, D.Y., Mitchell, M.A., Bauer, R.W., Poston, R. & Cho, D-Y. 2002. An outbreak of adenoviral infection in inland bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps) co-infected with dependovirus and coccidial protozoa (Isospora sp.). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 14: 332-334
Ladds, P. 2009. Pathology of Australian Native Wildlife. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.
Meloni, B.P., Thompson, R.C.A., Hopkins, R.M., Reynoldson, J.A. & Gracey, M. 1993. The prevalence of Giardia and other intestinal parasites in children, dogs and cats from Aboriginal communities in the Kimberely. Medical Journal of Australia 158: 157-159
Milstein, T.C. & Goldsmid, J.M. 1997. Parasites of feral cats from southern Tasmania and their potential significance. Australian Veterinary Journal 75: 218-219
O'Donoghue, P.J. 1997. Protozoan parasites of wildlife in south-east Queensland. pp. 119-136 in Tribe, A. (ed.). Proceedings of the 1997 Conference of the Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists. Brisbane : Australian Veterinary Association.
Paperna, I. & Finkelman, S. 1998. The fine structure of reptilian Isospora species with intranuclear endogenous development. Parassitologia 40: 283-296
Schmidt, K., Johnston, M.R.L. & Stehbens, W.E. 1967. Fine structure of the schizont and merozoite of Isospora sp. (Sporozoa: Eimeriidae) parasitic in Gehyra variegata (Dumeril and Bibron, 1836) (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Journal of Protozoology 14: 602-608
Speare, R. 1990. A review of the diseases of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, with comments on biological control. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 387-410
Thompson, R.C.A., Meloni, B.P., Hopkins, R.M., Deplazes, P. & Reynoldson, J.A. 1993. Observations on the endo- and ectoparasites affecting dogs and cats in Aboriginal communities in the north-west of Western Australia. Australian Veterinary Journal 70: 268-270
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2016 | EIMERIIDAE Minchin, 1903 | 10-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 03-Dec-2014 | APICOMPLEXA Levine, 1970 | 10-Apr-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Aug-2011 | ADDED |