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Studies on two new Cephaline gregarines from the intestine of Indian insects, Gryllodes sigillatus and Liogryllus bimaculatus*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Narsingh Narain
Narsingh Narain
Affiliation:
Poultry Dept., Georgia University, Athens, GeorgiaU.S.A.
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A description is given of two new Cephaline gregarines from Indian crickets collected at Lucknow and Jalaun, United Provinces.

One of these, Stenophora gryllodes-sigillatae sp.nov., from the gut of Gryllodes sigillatus, has solitary slender trophozoites up to 194μ long. Its epimerite is rounded in young forms and absent or represented by its remnant in adults. The nucleus has two chromosomes. Cysts are rounded, invested in a very thin membrane and without sporoducts.

The second, Bulbocephalus indicus sp.nov., from the gut of Liogryllus bimaculatus, is characterized by solitary elongated sporadins; the neck is short and a bulbous epimerite is always present. The body, measuring up to 175μ in length and up to 30μ in breadth, presents a striated appearance. Cysts are oval, covered by a very thin membrane, and have no sporoducts.

The author is very grateful to Dr S. M. Das, under whose able guidance this work was carried out. His thanks are also due to the Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, for providing the laboratory facilities.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 51 , Issue 1-2 , May 1961 , pp. 117 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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