Revision of the genus Stictospora and description of Stictospora villani, n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Actinocephalidae) from larvae of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), in Michigan

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1450-1456

  Hays, Joanna ^a   Clopton, Richard E ^a   Cappaert, David L ^a,b   Smitley, David R ^a,b  

^a PERU STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; COLEOPTERA; INSECT; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POPILLIA JAPONICA; STICTOSPORA VILLANI; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PARASITOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BEETLES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LARVA; MICHIGAN; OOCYSTS;

EID: 14244269692     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-345R     Document Type: Article

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