Table 1.

Besnoitia spp. ITS1 sequences from different hosts used for constructing the phylogenetic tree. The Toxoplasma gondii sequence was used as outgroup. ∗obtained from cell culture derived parasites.

Coccidian species	Host	GenBank Accession	Locality	Author
Toxoplasma gondii	not indicated	AY143141	USA	Su et al. (2003)
Besnoitia sp.	Acinonyx jubatus	MW468050	Namibia	Schares et al. (2021)
B. jellisoni	not indicated∗	AF076860	Australia	Ellis et al. (2000)
B. neotomofelis	Neotoma micropus	HQ909085	Texas, USA	Charles et al., 2012
B. akodoni	Akodon montensis	AY545987	Brazil	Dubey et al. 2003a,b
B. darlingi	Lynx rufus	MF872605	Mississippi, USA	Verma et al. (2017)
B. darlingi	Didelphis virginiana	GU479631	Mississippi, USA	Dubey et al. 2003a,b
Besnoitia sp.	Didelphis aurita	PP868350	Misiones, Argentina	This study
B. oryctofelisi	Oryctolagus cuniculus	GU479632	Argentina	Rosenthal et al. (2016)
B. oryctofelisi	Oryctolagus cuniculus	AY182000	Argentina	Dubey et al. 2003a,b
Besnoitia sp.	Equus asinus	MW520183	Italy	Villa et al. (2021)
B. bennetti	Equus asinus	MG652473	Belgium	Liénard et al. (2018)
B. bennetti	Equus asinus	JQ013812	Pennsylvania, USA	Ness et al. (2012)
B. bennetti	Equus asinus	AY665399	Michigan, USA	Elsheikha et al., 2005
B. tarandi	Rangifer tarandus caribou	MH217579	Quebec, Canada	Schares et al. (2019)
B. besnoiti	Bos taurus	JF314861	Bologna, Italy	Gentile et al. (2012)
B. caprae	Capra aegagrus hircus	HM008988	Iran	Namazi et al. (2011)
B. besnoiti	Bos taurus	EU789637	Spain	Fernández-García et al., 2009
B. tarandi	Rangifer tarandus	AY665400	Finland	Dubey et al. (2004)