Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-g7gxr Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-02T23:49:07.711Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The morphology and life cycle of Plistophora scatopsi sp.nov., a microsporidian parasitic in the mid-gut of Scatopse notata Mg. (Diptera, Nematocera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Sylvia R. Hiller
Sylvia R. Hiller
Affiliation:
The Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge*
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

1. The morphology and life cycle of a new microsporidian, parasitic in the mid-gut epithelium and caeca of the larvae of Scatopse notata, and also present in the pupae and flies, is described.

2. The name Plistophora scatopsi sp.nov. is proposed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 49 , Issue 3-4 , November 1959 , pp. 464 - 472
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Bosanquet, W. C. (1910). Brief notes on two Myxosporidian organisms (Pleistophora hippoglossoideos, n.sp. and Myxidium mackiei n.sp.). Zool. Anz. 35, 434.Google Scholar
Chatton, M. É. (1907). Revue des parasites et des commensaux des cladocères. Observations sur des formes nouvelles ou peu connues. C.R. Ass. frang. Av. Sci. 36, 797.Google Scholar
Dissanaike, A. S. (1958). The morphology and life cycle of Nosetna helminthorum Moniez 1887. Parasitology, 47, 335.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gibbs, A. J. (1953). Gurleya sp. (Microsporidia) found in the gut tissue of Trachea secalis (Lepidoptera). Parasitology, 43, 143.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Jínovec, O. (1936). Studien über Microsporidien. Mém. Soc. zool. tchécosl. 4, 1.Google Scholar
Keilin, D. (1919). On the alimentary canal and its appendages in the larvae of Scatopsidae and Bibionidae (Diptera, nematoeera), with some remarks on the parasites of these larvae. Ent. mon. Mag. 55, 92.Google Scholar
Kohn, J. (1957). Permanent one-stage staining method for protozoa. Trans. B. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 51, 300.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kudo, R. R. (1924). A biologic and taxonomic study of the Microsporidia. Illinois Biol. Monogr. 9, 1.Google Scholar
Laird, M. (1959). Malayan protozoa I. Plistophora collessi n.sp. (Sporozoa; Microsporidia), an ovarian parasite of Singapore mosquitoes. J. Protozool. 6, 37.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mercier, L. (1908). Néoplasie du tissu adipeux chez des Blattes (Periplaneta orientalis L.) parasitées par une Microsporidie. Arch. Protistenk. 11, 372.Google Scholar
Shortt, H. E. & Cooper, W. (1948). Staining of microscopical sections containing protozoal parasites by a modification of McNamara's method. Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 41, 427.Google Scholar