Genus Vairimorpha Pilley, 1976
- Vairimorpha Pilley, B.M. 1976. A new genus, Vairimorpha (Protozoa: Microsporida), for Nosema necatrix Kramer 1965: pathogenicity and life cycle in Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 28: 177-183 [182].
Type species:
Nosema necatrix Pilley, 1976 by original designation.
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
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.
History of changes
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26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
23-Aug-2011 | ADDED |