Genus Amblyospora Hazard & Oldacre, 1975

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amblyospora Hazard, E.I. & Oldacre, S.W. 1975. Revision of Microsporida (Protozoa) close to Thelohania with descriptions of one new family, eight new genera, and thirteen new species. Issue 1530 of Technical bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture). 1-104 pp.

  Type species:

   Thelohania californica Kellen & Lipa, 1960 by original designation.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from eastern Australia.

Based on ribosomal DNA sequence data, the Microsporidia are recognised as Fungi and not Protists. At present Australian Biological Resource Study has retained the Microsporidia as a phylum in the Protists for historical comparative purposes.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Culex australicus Dubrotworsky & Drummond, 1953 [CULICIDAE] Culicine Mosquito (fat bodies)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Amblyospora have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Sweeney, A.W., Doggett, S.L. & Piper, R.G. 1990. Life cycles and biology of microsporidia infecting Australian mosquitoes. in Proceedings of Vth. International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control. Society for Invertebrate Pathology: Adelaide. pp. 66-69

History of changes