''Menzbieria'' is a
genus of parasitic alveolates of the
phylum
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Apicomplexa.
Species in this genus infect
insects (''
Coleoptera
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
'' and ''
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
'').
Taxonomy
This genus was created by Bogoyavlensky in 1922.
[Bogoyavlensky N (1922) ''Menzbieria hydrachnae'' n. g., n. sp. Archives de la Societe Russe de Protistologie 1: 10-21]
The type species is ''Menzbieria hydrachnae''.
Description
Species of this genus have only rarely been reported.
The protozoa are spread by the
orofaecal route.
The
trophozoites are found in the fat body, gut and Malphigian tubes.
The
schizonts may be intra or extra cellular.
Two types of
merogony may occur and this may occur in the lumen of the gut or extraluminally.
The
gametes are spherical and of similar size (
isogamy) and bud from the surface of the
gamont.
The
oocyst
Apicomplexans, a group of intracellular parasites, have life cycle stages that allow them to survive the wide variety of environments they are exposed to during their complex life cycle. Each stage in the life cycle of an apicomplexan organism i ...
s are of the actinocephalid type (lemon shaped).
There may be 16 or 32 sporocysts per oocyst.
Host records
* ''Menzbieria adelae'' - green longhorn butterfly (''
Adela reaumurella
The green longhorn (''Adela reaumurella'') is a lepidopteran from the moth family Adelidae, the fairy longhorn moths.
Distribution
''Adela reaumurella'' has a palearctic distribution. It occurs in southern North Europe, Western Europe through C ...
'')
* ''Menzbieria chalcographi'' - great spruce bark beetle (''
Dendroctonus micans
''Dendroctonus micans'', the great spruce bark beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to the coniferous forests of Europe and Asia. The beetles burrow into the bark of spruce trees and lay eggs which develop into larvae that feed on the woo ...
'')
* ''Menzbieria hydrachnae'' - ''
Hydrachna
''Hydrachna'' is a genus of mites in the family Hydrachnidae, the sole genus of the family. There are more than 80 described species in ''Hydrachna''.
Species
These 87 species belong to the genus ''Hydrachna'':
* ''Hydrachna analis'' Viets & K. ...
'' species
References
Apicomplexa genera
Parasites of insects
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