Eimeria pipistrellus Alyousif, Al-Dakhil and Al-Shawa, 1999.

Type host: Pipistrellus kuhlii (Kuhl, 1817).

Type locality: Saudi Arabia, Shagrah, central region.

Description of oocyst: Oocyst shape: subspheroid; wall thickness: 1.3 (1.1.2-1.5); layers: 2; outer layer colour: light brownish-yellow; outer layer texture: smooth; micropyle: absent; OR: present; OR characteristics: 1-3 large globules, 5.2 (4.5-6.0); PG: present; PG size: ~1.6; OR L x W: 24.8 x 23.2 (0-25 x 22-27); L/W ratio: 1.06 (1.0-1.2). Distinctive features of oocyst: none.

Description of sporocysts and sporozoites: Sporocyst shape: ovoid; size: 11.6 x 8.3 (7.5-9 x 10.5-13); L/W ratio: 1.45 (1.4-1.5); SB: present; SB L x W: not given; SB characteristics: not given; SSB: absent; PSB: absent; SR: present; SR characteristics: numerous, minute dispersed granules; SR size: not given; SP:elongate, lying head to tail, each with 1 large posterior RB. Distinctive features of sporocyst: none.

Material deposited: Parasitological Collection, Dept. of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; no. KSUC 105 (fixed oocyst and phototype).

Remarks: None.

Reference: Alyousif, Al-Dakhil and Al-Shawa (1999).