Studies on a New Family of Septate Gregarine Acephalidae N. FAM. and a New Genus and New Species Acephalus sundarbanensis N. GEN. N. SP from an Orthopteran Insect of Sundarban Region of West Bengal, India
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Septate Gregarine, Acephalidae N. Fam., Acephalus N. Gen., Acephalus Sundarbanensis N. Sp., Sundarban Region.Abstract
A new family, Acephalidae n. fam. and a new genus Acephalus n. gen. are proposed in this communication to accommodate a new septate gregarine (Apicomplexa : Conoidasida) Acephalus sundarbanensis n. sp. collected from the midgut of an orthopteran insect host, Euconocephalus incertus from Sundarban region of West Bengal, India. The characteristics of this new family and its affinity with the closely related families are discussed.Downloads
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