Lipotropha
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| Lipotropha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Superphylum: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Neogregarinorida |
| Family: | Lipotrophidae |
| Genus: | Lipotropha Keilin, 1923 |
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Lipotropha caliphorae | |
Lipotropha is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.[1]
Species in this genus infect insects and myriapods.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]This genus was created by David Keilin in 1923.[2][3]
The type species is Lipotropha macrospora.
Description
[edit | edit source]The schizogonic and sporogomic stages are intracellular.
The oocyst contains sixteen spores.
Each spore has eight sporozoites.
Host records
[edit | edit source]Parasites in this genus infect Systenus species.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ormières R, Tuzet, Odette, Vago C et al (1969) Lipotropha dorci n. sp. [Neogregarinida], parasite des larves de Dorcus parallelipipedus L. [Coleopt. scarab.] BioControl 14 S359-368
- ^ Keilin D (1923) The structure and life-history of Lipotropha n.g., a new type of Schizogregarine, parasitic in the fat-body of a Dipterous larva (Systenus). Proc Cambridge Phil Soc Biol Sci 1: 18
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