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The morphology and systematic position of Dobellina mesnili nov.gen. (Entamoeba mesnili Keilin, 1917)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Ann Bishop  and
P. Tate
Ann Bishop
Affiliation:
From the Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge
P. Tate
Affiliation:
From the Molteno Institute, University of Cambridge
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1. A detailed morphological study has been made of the amoeba, parasitic in larvae of Trichocera, which was described by Keilin (1917) under the name Entamoeba mesnili.

2. This study shows that the parasite cannot be included in any of the existing genera of parasitic amoebae and the new genus Dobellina is formed for it. A diagnosis of the genus Dobellina is given.

3. In Cambridge Trichocera larvae were never found infected with Dobellina mesnili earlier in the winter than January and the infection rate appears to be highest (up to 92%) towards the end of January and in February. Infected larvae were never found later in the year than May.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 31 , Issue 4 , December 1939 , pp. 501 - 511
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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