Tipulocystis
| Tipulocystis | |
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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 |
| Suborder: | Schizogregarinina |
| Family: | Caulleryellidae Keilin 1914 |
| Genus: | Tipulocystis Kramár 1950 |
| Species | |
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Tipulocystis maxima | |
Tipulocystis is a genus of parasitic protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect insects (Diptera).
Taxonomy
This genus was created by Kramár in 1950.[1]
There is one species currently recognised in this genus.
The type species is Tipulocystis maximae.
Description
The species in this genus are spread by the orofaecal route. They infect the epithelium of the gut.
After ingestion the sporozoites attach to the intestinal epithelial cells by a pseudomerite and become multinucleate, irregularly shaped plasmodia
They then divide internally becoming mycetoid meronts which release merozoites.
The merozoites become mononucleate gregarinoid meronts which also attach to the intestinal epithelium by a pseudomerite.
They subsequently differentiate into meronts which are then released.
The meronts which are released serve as gamonts that fuse in pairs forming a gametocyts.
The gametocyst then transforms into a single oocyst which containing 8 sporozoites.
Host records
- Cranefly (Tipula maxima)
References
- ↑ Kramar (1950) Parasites in the larva of the crane-fly Tipula maxima Poda. Vestnik Ceskoslovenske Zoologicke Spolecnosti 14: 55-76
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