Species Amblyospora indicola Vávra, Bai & Panicker, 1984

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• Amblyospora indicola Vávra, J., Bai, M.G. & Panicker, K.N. 1984. Amblyospora indicola sp. n., a microsporidian pathogen of the mosquito Culex sitiens. Folia Parasitologica. Prague 31(3): 207-213.
• Amblyospora pinensis Kettle, D.S. & Piper, R.G. 1988. Light and electron microscope studies on three new species of microsporidia from saltmarsh mosquitoes in Australia. European Journal of Protistology 23: 229-241.

Introduction

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

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Culex sitiens Wiedemann, 1828 [CULICIDAE] Saltmarsh Culex (fat bodies); [CYCLOPOIDAE] Unidentified cyclopoid species).

Associated Fauna References

Kettle, D.S. & Piper, R.G. 1988. Light and electron microscope studies on three new species of microsporidia from saltmarsh mosquitoes in Australia. European Journal of Protistology 23: 229-241 (Culex sitiens)

Sweeney, A.W., Doggett, S.L. & Piper, R.G. 1990. Life cycle of Amblyospora indicola (Microspora: Amblyosporidae), a parasite of the mosquito Culex sitiens and of Apocyclops sp. copepods. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 55: 428-434 (Culex sitiens)

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 (Culex sitiens)

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