Two new coccidia, Wenyonella uelensis n.sp. and Wenyonella parva n.sp., from two Congolese rodents

Abstract

Two new species of coccidia belonging to the genus Wenyonella are diagnosed here by the characters of their oocysts. Wenyonella uelensis and W. parva are geographically related (Uele, Belgian Congo) to the type species, W. africana Hoare (Uganda). By their hosts, two rodents of which one is a terrestrial squirrel, one can relate them to the second species, W. hoarei found in an Indian squirrel by Ray & Das Gupta. W. uelensis is sharply differentiated from the two previously known species, W. africana and W. hoarei, by its oval form, whilst W. parva is noticeably smaller.