Light and electron microscope study of Thelohania solenopsae n. sp. (Microsporida: Protozoa) in the red imported fire ant,Solenopsis invicta |
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| Authors: | J.D. Knell G.E. Allen E.I. Hazard |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA;Insects Affecting Man Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida 32611 USA |
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| Abstract: | A new species of Microsporida, Thelohania solenopsae, is described from the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. The Thelohania infections are localized in the fat body of workers. Meronts causing infections of progeny are found in the ovaries of queens. Spores occur only in adult ants and only vegetative stages are present in larvae and pupae. Both uninucleate octospores (eight spores within a pansporoblast membrane) and binucleate free spores (spores developing in isolation) are formed. |
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