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Some microsporidia found in certain fishes and insects in eastern Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

H. B. Fantham ,
Annie Porter  and
L. R. Richardson
H. B. Fantham
Affiliation:
Late Strathcona Professor of Zoology, McGill University, Montreal
Annie Porter
Affiliation:
Hon. Parasitologist, Zoological Society of London
L. R. Richardson
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand
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An account is given of some Microsporidia found in certain fishes and insects in eastern Canada, among which are new species of Nosema, Perezia and Gurleya.

Nosema pimephales n.sp. produces large cysts or tumours in the abdomen of Pimephales promelas, one out of a large number from Lake Guindon, Province of Quebec, being infected.

Nosema branchiale Nemeczek has been observed from a cod, Gadus callarias. The organism is shown to be a Nosema, though the incomplete original description has caused doubts as to whether some other genus was involved. Further details are now given.

Nosema apis Zander and N. bombi Fantham & Porter have been found in Canada in hive-bees and humble-bees respectively, the latter being recorded from a new host, Bombus vagans.

Glugea hertwigi n.var. canadensis is described from Osmerus mordax from Lake Edward.

Perezia aeschnae n.sp. has been found in nymphs of the large dragonfly, Aeschna grandis, collected near Montreal and is described and illustrated.

Perezia legeri Paillot has been observed in larvae of Pieris brassicae.

These appear to be the first records of Perezia from insects in North America, and the zoogeographical distribution of the genus is extended to the Odonata.

Gurleya aeschnae n.sp, is described from a nymph of Aeschna grandis. It is the first species of Gurleya to be described from the Odonata and the first record of the genus from the North American continent.

Thelohania corethrae Schuberg & Rodriguez is described from the larvae of Chaoborus flavicans. Measurements of the parasite, which were lacking in the original description, are now supplied.

Thelohania bracteata from larvae of Simulium bracteatum and larvae and one adult S. venustum and Thelohania fibrata from larvae of Simulium venustum are recorded from places in the Province of Quebec. The need of reinvestigation of the species of Thelohania from various Simulium and the possibility of there being but one species, Thelohania varians Debaisieux, are indicated.

Thelohania legeri Hesse is recorded as a parasite of larvae of Anopheles punctipennis in Quebec Province and of A. gambiae in Zululand. It is probably the most widely distributed species of Thelohania, occurring in Anophelines in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America.

Some general remarks regarding zoogeographical distribution, habitat, host-specificity and possible origin of species and varieties in connexion with Gurleya, Perezia and Thelohania are presented.

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Parasitology , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , May 1941 , pp. 186 - 208
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Copyright Cambridge University Press 1941

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