Trichoctosporea pygopellita gen. et sp. nov. (Microspora, Thelohaniidae), a Microsporidian Parasite of the Mosquito Aedes vexans (Diptera, Culicidae)

First Record of Microsporidia Infection in the Damselfly Ischnura elegans Larvae: Temperature and Predator Cue Effects on the Host’s Life History

“…We report, for the first time, the negative effects of endoparasitic microsporidian infection on life history in a damselfly model for eco-evolutionary research, I. elegans. Other insects [8,22,25,41], including odonates (suborder Anisoptera: Aeschna viridis [17], Orthetrum albistylum speciosum [20], Aeschna grandis and Libellula quadrimaculata [18,42], Tholymis tillarga [43], Tramea limbata [44]; suborder Zygoptera: Calopteryx virgo [45], Coenagrion pulchellum [46] C. hastulatum [19]) were reported to carry this pathogen; however, these results were based mainly on observational, not experimental, studies. Hence, previous results could not directly answer the question of whether parasites or other factors caused reductions in host fitness.…”

Molecular phylogeny and new light microscopic data ofMetchnikovella spiralis(Microsporidia: Metchnikovellidae), a hyperparasite of eugregarinePolyrhabdinasp. from the polychaetePygospio elegans

“…In contrast to rare external structures, different kinds of structures and inclusions are often observed in the episporontal space of many species of 'core' microsporidia (Vávra and Larsson, 2014). For instance, Trichoctosporea pygopellita and Agglomerata volgensae have fibrous projections of sporoblasts, connecting the exospore with the envelope of the sporophorous vesicle (Larsson, 1994;Larsson and Voronin, 2000). The functional significance of such structures is also unclear.…”

Ultrastructural characterization and comparative phylogenetic analysis of new microsporidia from Siberian mosquitoes: Evidence for coevolution and host switching

“…The genus Trichoctosporea was erected by Larsson (1994) to describe a microsporidium isolated from larval fat body tissue of Ae. vexans that had developmental and morphological features identical to Amblyospora but possessed distinct fibrillar ''hair-like'' projections from the meiospore exospore.…”