Characteristics of a Microsporidium (Protozoa: Microspora) infecting grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) in Cape Verde, Africa

ABSTRACT A light and electron microscopic study was conducted of a microsporidium isolated from the grasshopper Pyrgomorpha cognata Krauss, 1877 collected in Santo Antão and Santiago Islands, Cape Verde. The evidence suggests that although there are some differences, such as tissues affected and siz...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of Protozoology 1992-07, Vol.39 (4), p.494-498
Hauptverfasser:	Lange, C.E. (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina), Brito, J.M, Henry, J.E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACRIDIDAE Africa, Cape Verde Biological and medical sciences biological control CABO VERDE CAP VERT CAPE VERDE Cape Verde I Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology HOST PARASITE RELATIONS INSECTE NUISIBLE INSECTOS DANINOS Invertebrates Life cycle. Host-agent relationship. Pathogenesis Life Sciences & Biomedicine Microspora microsporidiosis NOSEMA Nosema pyrgomorphae Orthoptera PARASITE PARASITES PARASITOS PEST INSECTS Protozoa PYRGOMORPHA Pyrgomorpha cognata Pyrgomorphidae RELACIONES HUESPED PARASITO RELATION HOTE PARASITE Science & Technology Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:	ABSTRACT A light and electron microscopic study was conducted of a microsporidium isolated from the grasshopper Pyrgomorpha cognata Krauss, 1877 collected in Santo Antão and Santiago Islands, Cape Verde. The evidence suggests that although there are some differences, such as tissues affected and size of spores, the organism appears conspecific with Nosema pyrgomorphae Toguebaye, Seck & Marchand, 1988, which was described from another species of the genus Pyrgomorpha Audinet‐Serville, 1838 in Senegal. However, in addition to the differences in tissue specificity and size of spores, light microscopy studies also revealed some stages of the pathogen (uninucleate bodies and plasmodia) apparently not previously observed in N. pyrgomorphae.
ISSN:	0022-3921 2375-0804 1550-7408
DOI:	10.1111/j.1550-7408.1992.tb04837.x