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Coleospora binucleata, gen.nov., sp.nov., a haplosporidian parasite found in Gonocephalum arenarium (Coleoptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. J. Gibbs
A. J. Gibbs
Affiliation:
Honorary Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Cape Town
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The haplosporidian described is found in the Malpighian tubules of the beetle Gonocephalum arenarium in the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

With the exception of the germination, which must take place in the digestive tract, the life cycle is completed within the Malpighian tubules. Studied over a period of several years, it has been found that the incidence of infection averages about 5 %.

Six Malpighian tubules connect with the gut, and in an infected insect all six are almost always parasitized to the same degree and by the same forms of the parasite.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 49 , Issue 3-4 , November 1959 , pp. 552 - 558
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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