Type host: Taphozous melanopogon Temminck, 1841, Tomb bat.

Other hosts: None reported to date.

Type locality: ASIA: India, Andaman Island, Haddo, Port Blair.

Geographic distribution: ASIA: India, Andaman Island.

Description of oocyst: Oocyst shape: spheroidal; number of walls: 2; wall thickness: ~0.4-0.5; wall characteristics: outer, smooth, thin; inner, slightly thicker, pinkish; L x W: 13.5 (12.5-16.5); L/W ratio: 1.0; M: absent (?); OR: present; OR characteristics: a spheroidal mass of large globules, ~4.5-5.5, located to 1 side of oocyst; PG: .1 Distinctive features of oocyst: very small with thin, smooth wall (<0.5) and massive OR of large globules.

Description of sporocysts and sporozoites: Sporocyst shape: ovoidal to broadly piriform; L x W: 5.3 x 3.8 (4.5-6.5 x 3-4.5); L/W ratio: 1.5; SB: present, thick, prominent, at pointed end of sporocyst; SSB: absent; PSB: absent; SR: present; SR characteristics: scattered granules of various size that fill sporocyst and sometimes obscure SP; SP: elongate bodies that lie head to tail (line drawing) and have a large RB ("hyaline mass") at posterior end. Distinctive features of sporocyst: very small size.

Prevalence: 2/30 (7%)

Sporulation: Exogenous. Oocysts sporulated in 24-36 hr in 2.5% aqueous (w/v) potassium dichromate solution, presumably at room temperature.

Prepatent and patent periods: Unknown.

Site of infection: Uncertain, but probably the small intestine.

Materials deposited: "Holotype (?)" deposited in the National Collection of Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, Reg. No. Pt 1581. Unfortunately, the authors do not indicate what stage of the parasite life cycle comprises the holotype.

Remarks: Mandal and Nair (1973) state that a M is present, but their line drawing does not show this structure. This is the smallet Eimeria species yet described from any bat.

References: Mandal and Nair (1973).