Species Duboscqia aediphaga Kettle & Piper, 1988

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• Duboscqia aediphaga 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): Aedes vigilax (Skuse, 1889) [CULICIDAE] Saltmarsh Mosquito (larval fat bodies)).

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 (Aedes vigilax)

History of changes