Lipotropha
| Lipotropha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa Levine 1970 |
| Class: | Conoidasida Levine 1988 |
| Subclass: | Gregarinasina Dufour 1828 |
| Order: | Neogregarinorida Grassé & Schrével 1953 |
| Family: | Lipotrophidae Grassé 1953 |
| Genus: | Lipotropha |
| Species | |
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Lipotropha caliphorae | |
Lipotropha is a genus of parasitic protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1]
Species in this genus infect insects and myriapoda.
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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