Species Duboscqia dengihilli Sweeney, Doggett & Piper, 1993

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• Duboscqia dengihilli Sweeney, A.W., Doggett, S.L. & Piper, R.G. 1993. Life cycle of a new species of Duboscqia (Microsporida: Thelohaniidae) infecting the mosquito Anopheles hilli and an intermediate copepod host, Apocyclops dengizicus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 62: 137-146.

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): Anopheles hilli Woodhill & Lee, 1944 [CULICIDAE] Anopheline Mosquito; Apocyclops dengizicus (Lepeschkin, 1900) [CYCLOPOIDAE] Copepod).

Associated Fauna References

Sweeney, A.W., Doggett, S.L. & Piper, R.G. 1993. Life cycle of a new species of Duboscqia (Microsporida: Thelohaniidae) infecting the mosquito Anopheles hilli and an intermediate copepod host, Apocyclops dengizicus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 62: 137-146 (Anopheles hilli; Apocyclops dengizicus)

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