Host specificity of Gregarina blattarum Von Siebold, 1839 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) among five species of domiciliary cockroaches

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-223

  Clopton, Richard E ^a,b   Gold, Roger E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blatta orientalis; Blattella germanica; Excystation, development; Gregarina blattarum; Host specificity; Infection, parasitic; Periplaneta americana; Periplaneta fuliginosa; Supella longipalpa

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; ARTHROPODA; BLATTA ORIENTALIS; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EUGREGARINIDA; GREGARINA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PERIPLANETA FULIGINOSA; SUPELLA LONGIPALPA;

EID: 0005113571     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jipa.1996.0036     Document Type: Article

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