Coccidia (Eimeriidae) of Rodentia: Muridae
(rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, gerbils) 

Compiled by 
Donald W. Duszynski1, Steve J. Upton2, and Lee Couch1

1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
2Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 5 JUNE 2001
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton) 


Eimeria abidzhanovi Davronov 1973

Host: Rhombomys opimus

Reference: Davronov (1973)

               

Eimeria achburunica Musaev & Alieva 1961

Host: Meriones libycus

Reference: Musaev & Alieva (1961)

               

Eimeria adiyamanensis Sayin 1981

Host: Spalax ehrenbergi

Reference: Sayin (1981)

 

Eimeria africana Levine et al. 1959

Host: Lophuromys s. sikapusi

Reference: Levin, Bray, Ivens & Gunders (1959)

 

Eimeria agrarii Musaev & Veisov 1965

Host: Apodemus agrarius

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1965)

 

Eimeria akeriana Ismailov & Gaibova 1983

Host: Meriones blackleri

Reference: Ismailov & Gaibova (1981); Musaev, Ismailov, & Gaibova (1982)

 

Eimeria akodoni Arcay 1981

Host: nomen nudum

Reference: nomen nudum

 

Eimeria albigulae Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier 1957

Host:  Neotoma albigula

Reference: Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier (1957); Reduker & Duszynski (1985)

 

Eimeria alischerica Musaev & Veisov 1965

Host: Rattus norvegicus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1965)

 

Eimeria amburdariana Musaev & Veisov 1962

Host: Mesocricetus auratus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1962)

 

Eimeria antonellii Straneva & Gallati 1980

Host: Neotoma floridana

Reference: Straneva & Gallati (1980)

 

Eimeria apionodes Pellérdy 1954

Host: Apodemus flavicollis

Reference: Pellérdy (1954)

 

Eimeria apodemi Pellérdy 1954

Hosts: Apodemus flavicollis, A. sylvaticus, A. agrarius

Reference: Černá & Daniel (1956); Golemanski (1979); Lewis & Ball (1983); Pellérdy 1954; Ball & Lewis (1984)

 

Eimeria arabiana Veisov 1961

Host: Meriones vinogradovi

Reference: Veisov (1961)

 

Eimeria arasinaensis Musaev & Veisov 1965

Host: Mus musculus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1965)

 

Eimeria araxena Musaev & Veisov 1960

Host: Meriones shawi

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1960)

 

Eimeria arizonensis Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier 1957

Host: Peromyscus truei, P. maniculatus, P. eremicus, P. leucopus

Reference: Levin & Ivens (1960, 1963); Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier (1957); Reducker, Hertel & Duszynski (1985)

 

Eimeria arkutinae Golemansky 1978

Host: Apodemus sylvaticus, A. flavicolis A. agrarius

Reference: Černá (1962); Černá & Daniel (1956); Golemanski (1978,1979); Lewis & Ball (1983); Ryšavŭ (1954)

 

Eimeria arusica Musaev & Veisov 1961

Host: Cricetulus migratorius

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1961)

 

Eimeria arvicanthis van den Berghe & Chardome 1956

Host: Arvicanthis abyssinicus rubescens

Reference: van den Berghe & Chardome (1956)

 

Eimeria arvicolae (Galli-Valerio 1905) Reichenow 1921

Synonym: Coccidium arvicolae Galli-Valerio 1905

Synonym: Eimeria arvalis Iwanoff 1934

Synonym: Eimeria musculi Yakimoff & Gousseff of Svanbaev [1956]

Host: Microtus nivalis, M. arvalis

Reference: Galli-Vallerio (1905); Iwanoff-Gobzem (1934); Litvenkova (1969); Mikeladze (1971); Svanbaev (1956)

 

Eimeria assaensis Levine & Ivens 1965

Synonym: Eimeria callosphermophili [sic] Henry of Svanbaev [1962]

Host: Meriones tamariscinus

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1965); Sxanbaev (1962)

 

Eimeria astrachanbazarica Musaev & Veisov 1960

Synonym: Eimeria tristami Musaev & Veisov 1965

Host: Meriones shawi

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1960)

 

Eimeria aurata Musaev & Veisov 1962

Host: Mesocricetus auratus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1962)

 

Eimeria badamlinica Musaev & Veisov 1963

Host: Apodemus sylvaticus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1963)

 

Eimeria badchisica Glebezdin 1969

Host: Phombomys opimus

Reference: Glebezdin (1969)

 

Eimeria baghdadensis Mirza 1975

Host: Mus musculus

Reference: Mirza (1970, 1975)

 

Eimeria bailwardi Glebezdin 1971

Host: Calomyscus bailwardi

Reference: Glebezdin (1971)

 

Eimeria baiomysis Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier 1958

Host: Baiomys taylori, B. musculus

Reference: Kruidenier, Levine & Ivens (1960); Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier (1958)

 

Eimeria bandicota Bandyopadhyay & Dasgupta 1982

Host: Bandicota bengalensis

Reference: Bandyopadhyay & Dasgupta (1982)

 

Eimeria barleyi Straneva & Gallati 1980

Host: Neotoma floridana

Reference: Straneva & Gallati (1980)

 

Eimeria bassagensis Svanbaev 1979

Synonym: Eimeria arvicolae Galli-Valerio 1905 of Svanbaev [1958]

Host: Alticola strelzovi

Reference: Svanbaev (1958, 1979)

 

Eimeria batabatensis Levine & Ivens 1965

Synonym: Eimeria arvicolae Galli-Valerio of Musaev & Veisov [1960]

Host: Arvicola terrestris

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1965); Musaev & Veusov (1960)

 

Eimeria bistratum Veisov 1961

Host: Meriones vinogradovi

Reference: Veisov (1961); Musaev, Ismailova & Gaibova (1977)

 

Eimeria bohemica Ryšavŭ 1957

Host: Arvicola terrestris

Reference: Ryšavŭ (1957)

 

Eimeria bychowskyi (Musaev & Veisov 1965) Pellérdy 1974 emend.

Synonym: Eimeria bychowsky Musaev & Veisov 1965

Host: Rattus norvegicus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1965); Pellérdy (1974)

 

Eimeria cahirinensis Couch, Blaustein, Duszynski, Shenbrot & Nevo 1997

Host: Acomys cahirinis

Reference:

 

Eimeria calomyscus Glebezdin 1971

Host: Calomyscus bailwardi

Reference: Glebezdin (1971)

 

Eimeria carolinensis Von Zellen 1959

Host: Peromyscus leucopus

Reference: Von Zellen (1959)

 

Eimeria celebii Sayin 1981

Host: Spalax ehrenbergi

Reference: Sayin (1981)

 

Eimeria cernae Levine & Ivens 1965

Synonym: Eimeria schueffneri Yakimoff & Gousseff 1938 of Cerná [1962]

Host: Clethrionomys glareolus, C. rutilis

Reference: Arnastauskene (1977); Cerná (1962); Golemanski (1979); Levine & Ivens (1965); Lewis & Ball (1982, 1983); Ball & Lewis (1984)

 

Eimeria chatangae Arnastauskiene 1980

Host: Lemmus sibiricus

Reference: Arnastauskiene (1980)

 

Eimeria chetae Arnastauskiene 1980

Host: Microtus middendorfi

Reference: Arnastauskiene (1980)

 

Eimeria chudatica Musaev, Veisov & Alieva 1963

Host: Microtus socialis

Reference: Musaev, Veisov & Alieva (1963)

 

Eimeria clethrionomyis Straneva & Kelley 1979

Host: Clethrionomys gapperi

Reference: Straneva & Kelley (1979)

 

Eimeria coahuiliensis Vance & Duszynski 1985

Host: Microtus mexicanus subsimus

Reference: Vance & Duszynski (1985)

 

Eimeria conevi Glebezdin 1969

Host: Rhombomys opimus

Reference: Glebezdin (1969)

 

Eimeria correptionis Veisov 1962

Host: Microtus major

Reference: Veisov (1962)

 

Eimeria couesii Krudienier, Levine & Ivens 1959

Host: Oryzomys c. couesi

Reference: Krudienier, Levine & Ivens (1959)

 

Eimeria criceti Nöller 1920 emend. Pellérdy 1956

Synonym: Eimeria cricetus Matschoulsky 1947 lapsus calami

Synonym: Eimeria falciformis var. criceti Nöller 1956

Host: Cricetus cricetus

Reference: Nöller (1920); Pellérdy (1956)

 

Eimeria cricetomysi Prasad 1960

Host: Cricetomys gambianus

Reference: Prasad (1960)

 

Eimeria cricetuli Musaev & Veisov 1961

Host: Cricetulus migratorius

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1961)

 

Eimeria cubinica Musaev, Veisov & Alieva 1963

Host: Microtus socialis

Reference: Musaev, Veisov & Alieva (1963)

 

Eimeria cusarica Musaev, Veisov & Alieva 1963

Host: Microtus socialis

Reference: Musaev, Veisov & Alieva (1963)

 

Eimeria dasymysis Levine, Bray, Ivens & Gunder 1959

Host: Dasymys incomptus rufulus

Reference: Levine, Bray, Ivens & Gunder (1959)

 

Eimeria davisi Ivens, Kriudenier & Levine 1959

Host: Neotoma albigula

Reference: Ivens, Kriudenier & Levine (1959)

 

Eimeria delicata Levine & Ivens 1960

Host: Peromyscus maniculatus

Reference: Levine & Ivens (1960); Reduker, Hertel & Duszynski (1985)

 

Eimeria derenica Veisov 1963

Host: Mcrotus arvalis

Reference: Litvenkova (1969); Mikeladze (1971); Veisov (1963)

 

Eimeria dicrostonicis Levine 1952

Host: Dicrostonyx groenlandicus richardsonni, D. torquatus, Lemmus sibiricus

Reference: Arnastauskene (1980); Levine (1952)

 

Eimeria disaensis Musaev & Veisov 1960

Host: Meriones persicus

Reference: Glebezdin (1974); Musaev & Veisov (1960): Dyková & Lom (1983)

 

Eimeria divichinica Musaev & Veisov 1963

Host: Apodemus sylvaticus

Reference: Lewis & Ball (1983); Musaev & Veisov (1963); Ryšavŭ (1954); Ball & Lewis (1984); Glebezdin (1978)

 

Eimeria dogeli Musaev & Veisov 1965

Synonym: Eimeria zemphirica Veisov 1965 of Musaev in Pellérdy [1974]

Synonym: Eimeria dogieli Veisov 1964 of Pellérdy [1974]

Host: Meriones persicus

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1965); Pellérdy (1974)

 

Eimeria dusii Wheat & Ernst 1974

Host: Neotoma floridana

Reference: Straneva & Gallati (1980); Wheat & Ernst (1974)

 

Eimeria dzhahriana Musaev & Veisov 1960

Host: Meriones shawi (syn., M. tristrami)

Reference: Musaev, Ismailov & Gaibova (1978); Musaev & Veisov (1960)

 

Eimeria dzhulfaensis Musaev & Veisov 1959

Host: Microtus socialis

Reference: Musaev & Veisov (1959)

 

Eimeria edwardsi Colley & Mullin 1971

Host: Rattus edwardsi

Reference: Colley & Mullin (1971)

 

Eimeria egypti Prasad 1960

Host: Meriones s. shawi

Reference: Prasad (1960)

 

Eimeria elerybeckeri Levine 1984

Synonym: Eimeria levinei Krishnamurthy & Kshirshear 1980

Synonym: Eimeria lavinei Krishnamurthy & Kshirshear 1980 lapsus calami

Host: Rattus rattus

Reference: Krishnamurthy & Kshirshear (1980); Levine (1984)

 

Eimeria elliptica Sayin, Dincer & Meric 1977

Host: Spalax leucodon

Reference: Sayin, Dincer & Meric (1977)

 

Eimeria ellobii Svanbaev 1956

Host: Ellobius talpinus

Reference: Svanbaev (1956)

 

Eimeria eremici Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier 1957

Host: Peromyscus eremicus

Reference: Levine, Ivens & Kruidenier (1957)

 

Eimeria erythrourica Musaev & Alieva 1961

Host: Meriones libyicus (syn., M. erythrourus)

Reference: Musaev & Alieva (1961 & 1963); Musaev & Ismailov (1969);  Veisov (1964); Musaev, Gailbova & Ismailov (1984)

 

Eimeria falciformis (Eimer 1870) Schneider 1875

Synonym: Gregarina falciformis Eimer 1870

Synonym: Coccidium falciforme [Eimer 1870] Schuberg 1896

Synonym: Gregarina muris Rivolta 1878

Synonym: Pfeifferia schubergi Labbé 1896

Synonym: Pfeifferinella schubergi [Labbé 1896] Labbé 1899

Synonym: Pfeifferi nelle schubergi [Labbé 1896] Labbé 1899

Synonym: Pfeifferella schubergi [Labbé 1896] Labbé 1899

Synonym: Eimeria. schubergi [Labbé 1896] Doflein 1916

Synonym: Eimeria pragensis Cerná & Sénaud 1969

Synonym: Eimeria contorta Haberkorn 1971 in part

Host: Mus musculus

Reference:

 

Eimeria ferrisi Levine & Ivens 1965

Host: Mus musculus

Reference:

 

Eimeria gallatii Straneva & Kelley 1979

Host: Clethrionomys gapperi

Reference: Straneva & Kelley 1979

 

Eimeria gandobica Musaev & Veisov 1965

Host: Apodemus agrarius

Reference: Musaev & Veisov 1965