Open AccessMALAMEBA LOCUSTAE (KING AND TAYLOR) (PROTOZOA: AMOEBIDAE) IN FIELD POPULATIONS OF ORTHOPTERA IN AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
Ernst H. P.,
Baker G. L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1982.tb01819.x
Subject(s) - biology , orthoptera , grasshopper , ecology , zoology
Abstract The parasitic amoeba, Malameba locustae , was found parasitising the grasshopper, Pardillana limbata (Stål), in the arid western district of New South Wales and the cricket, Pteronemobius sp., in the temperate tablelands of northern New South Wales. These are the first records of M. locustae in field populations of Orthoptera in Australia.