Lipotropha
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Lipotropha caliphorae | |
Lipotropha is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1]
Species in this genus infect insects and myriapods.
Taxonomy
This genus was created by Keilin in 1923.[2]
The type species is Lipotropha macrospora.
Description
The schizogonic and sporogomic stages are intracellular.
The oocyst contains sixteen spores.
Each spore has eight sporozoites.
Host records
Parasites in this genus infect Systenus species.
References
- ^ Ormières R, Tuzet, Odette, Vago C et al (1969) Lipotropha dorci n. sp. [Neogregarinida], parasite des larves de Dorcus parallelipipedus L. [Coleopt. scarab.] BioControl 14 S359-368
- ^ Keilin D (1923) The structure and life-history of Lipotropha n.g., a new type of Schizogregarine, parasitic in the fat-body of a Dipterous larva (Systenus). Proc Cambridge Phil Soc Biol Sci 1: 18
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