Host specificity of five species of Eugregarinida among six species of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea)

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-291

  Smith, Autumn J ^a   Cook, Tamara J ^a  

^a Sam Houston State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blaberus discoidalis; Blaberus giganteus; Diploptera punctata; Excystation; Gregarina cubensis; Gromphadorhina portentosa; Henschoutedenia flexivitta; Host specificity; Leidyana migrator; Nauphoeta cinerea; Protomagalhaensia granulosae

Indexed keywords

BLABERUS CRANIIFER; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLABERUS GIGANTEUS; BLATTARIA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPTERA PUNCTATA; EUGREGARINIDA; GREGARINA; GROMPHADORHINA LAEVIGATA; GROMPHADORHINA PORTENTOSA; INSECTA; LEIDYANA; LEIDYANA MIGRATOR; NAUPHOETA CINEREA;

EID: 51949113338     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4326.1     Document Type: Article

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