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Fine Structure and Development of Pilosporella chapmani (Microspora: Thelohaniidae) in the Mosquito, Aedes triseriatus (Say) 1
Author(s) -
BECNEL JAMES J.,
HAZARD EDWIN I.,
FUKUDA TOKUO
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1986.tb05558.x
Subject(s) - biology , microspora , spore , microsporidia , transovarial transmission , larva , zoology , parasite hosting , host (biology) , ecology , botany , pollen , stamen , microspore , world wide web , computer science
. New information on the life cycle and fine structure of Pilosporella chapmani , a microsporidium of the mosquito Aedes triseriatus , is presented. Pilosporella chapmani is shown to have two sporulation sequences, one of them being involved in transovarial transmission. One sequence, involving meiosis and production of a moniliform sporogonial plasmodium, occurs in the larval fat body, resulting in eight uninucleate, spherical, and fully developed spores. The other occurs in oenocytes of adult mosquitoes and results in isolated, binucleate, elongate, and thin‐walled spores. Also, for the first time, metabolic products are shown to be expelled into the surrounding host tissues through the wall of the sporocyst.