Resumen

SAMPAIO, MARCELLO XAVIER  y  MASSARD, CARLOS LUIZ. Nuttallia brasiliensis AND Theileria brasiliensis, SYNONYM OF Babesia brasiliensis (PIROPLASMIDA: BABESIIDAE) HEMOPARASITE OF MARSUPIALS. Parasitol. latinoam. [online]. 2003, vol.58, n.1-2, pp. 89-91. ISSN 0717-7712.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-77122003000100018.

Transference of the South American opossums hemoparasite Nuttallia brasiliensis to the genus Babesia are discussed and proposed due to the pre-occupation of Nuttallia genus by mollusk species, as well as the synonym of Theileria brasiliensis to Babesia brasiliensis. Simultaneously the situation of the others members of Nuttallia and Achromaticus genus is discussed, in relation with the international rules of nomenclature and its common biologic and morphologic aspects. Also a chronological summary of B. brasiliensis reports is given

Palabras clave : Taxonomy; Babesia; Babesia brasiliensis; Theileria brasiliensis; Synonym.