Type host: Hemiechinus auritus (Gmelin, 1770), Long-eared desert hedgehog.

Type locality: EUROPE: Kazakhstan, in the Dzhambul Oblast, 65 km NW from Jhambro.

Geographic distribution: EUROPE: Kazakhstan.

Description of oocyst: Oocyst shape: speheroid to subspheroid; number of walls: 2; wall thickness: 1.2-2.1; wall characteristics: outer yellow-green or yellow-brown, apparently smooth; L x W: 32.4 x 26.0 (26.5-39 x 23.5-31); L/W ratio: 1.2; M: absent OR: present; OR charascteristics: compact round mass; PG: present; Distinctive features of oocyst: color and thickness of wall and presence of both OR and PG.

Description of sporocysts and sporozoites: Sporocyst shape: subspheroid; L x W: 11.6 x 8.9 (10-13 x 8-10); L/W ratio:1.3; SB: absent; SSB: absent; PSB: absent; SR:absent; SP: comma- or pear-shaped, one end narrower than the other , 8.0-4.1 (7-9 x 3-4.5) lying head to tail, 1 RB at broad end. Distinctive features of sporocyst: lack of SB and SR and SP do not fill sporocyst.

Prevalence: 6 of 35. (17%)

Sporulation: Unknown.

Prepatent and patent periods: Unknown.

Site of infection: Unknown. Oocysts recovered from feces.

Materials deposited: None.

Remarks: Svanbaev (1962) described this species twice in 2 different publications; to our knowledge, it has not been reported since then.

References: Svanbaev (1962).