taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B287BEFF82FFB840A4C88AFD41FA8A.taxon	materials_examined	Type host: Brazilian tanager Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis Sclater, 1855 (Aves: Passeriformes: Thraupidae). Type locality: Marambaia Island (23 ° 04 ’ S, 43 ° 53 ’ W), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Site of infection: Not investigated. Type-material: One-half of the oocysts were kept in 10 % aqueous buffered formalin (v / v) and the other half in 70 % ethanol according Duszynski & Gardner (1991). Both samples were deposited in the Parasitology Collection, in the Department of Animal Parasitology, at UFRRJ, located in Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phototypes and line drawings were deposited as well. The repository number is P- 36 / 2009.	en	Berto, Bruno Pereira, Flausino, Walter, Luz, Hermes Ribeiro, Ferreira, Ildemar, Lopes, Carlos Wilson Gomes (2010): Isospora ramphoceli n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Brazilian tanager (Aves: Passeriformes: Thraupidae) Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis Sclater, 1855. Zootaxa 2650: 57-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198813
03B287BEFF82FFB840A4C88AFD41FA8A.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from the generic name of the type host.	en	Berto, Bruno Pereira, Flausino, Walter, Luz, Hermes Ribeiro, Ferreira, Ildemar, Lopes, Carlos Wilson Gomes (2010): Isospora ramphoceli n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Brazilian tanager (Aves: Passeriformes: Thraupidae) Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis Sclater, 1855. Zootaxa 2650: 57-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198813
03B287BEFF82FFB840A4C88AFD41FA8A.taxon	description	Description (Figs 1 a – c; 2 a – c) Oocyst shape (n = 41) spherical to sub-spherical; oocyst wall bilayered; wall thickness 1.2 (1 – 1.5); outer wall smooth, c. 2 / 3 of total thickness; L × W = 23.7 × 22.8 (22 – 26 × 21 – 24), L / W ratio = 1.0 (1.0 – 1.1); M, PG and OR: absent. Sporocyst shape (n = 41) ellipsoidal or slightly ovoidal; L × W = 16.0 × 11.4 (14 – 18 × 10 – 13); L / W ratio = 1.4 (1.3 – 1.6); SB present, knob-like, prominent, 1.0 high × 2.0 wide; SSB present, large, homogeneous, 2.5 high × 4.0 wide; PSB absent; SR present, composed of granules of different sizes; SZ vermiform with 1 posterior SRB and centrally located N.	en	Berto, Bruno Pereira, Flausino, Walter, Luz, Hermes Ribeiro, Ferreira, Ildemar, Lopes, Carlos Wilson Gomes (2010): Isospora ramphoceli n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Brazilian tanager (Aves: Passeriformes: Thraupidae) Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis Sclater, 1855. Zootaxa 2650: 57-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198813
03B287BEFF82FFB840A4C88AFD41FA8A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Isospora ramphoceli differs from other Isospora species from the same host (Table 1). In I. andesensis Templar, McQuistion & Capparella, 2004, I. iridosornisi Metzelaars, Spaargaren, McQuistion & Capparella, 2005, I. sepetibensis Berto, Flausino, Luz, Ferreira & Lopes, 2008 and I. silvasouzai Berto, Balthazar, Flausino & Lopes, 2009 all lack PG (Templar et al. 2004; Metzelaars et al. 2005; Berto et al. 2008; 2009 b).	en	Berto, Bruno Pereira, Flausino, Walter, Luz, Hermes Ribeiro, Ferreira, Ildemar, Lopes, Carlos Wilson Gomes (2010): Isospora ramphoceli n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the Brazilian tanager (Aves: Passeriformes: Thraupidae) Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis Sclater, 1855. Zootaxa 2650: 57-62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.198813
