ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Gregarina vizri Lipa, 1968 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida) recorded in Poland In AN expansive plant pest the cereal ground beetle Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
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| 1 | Department of Environmental Protection and Management, University of Life Sciences in Poznań
Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-549 Poznań, Poland |
| 2 | Department of Biological Control and Quarantine,
Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute
Władysława Węgorka 20, 60-318 Poznań, Poland |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Paweł Sienkiewicz
Department of Environmental Protection and Management, University of Life Sciences in Poznań Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-549 Poznań, Poland
Department of Environmental Protection and Management, University of Life Sciences in Poznań Dąbrowskiego 159, 60-549 Poznań, Poland
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2008;48(2):189–193
KEYWORDS
Gregarina vizri LipaApicomplexaEugregarinidacereal ground beetleZabrus tenebrioidesColeopteraCarabidaePolandbiocontrol agent
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
An eugregarine Gregarina vizri Lipa, originally recorded and described from the cereal ground beetle [Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze)] collected in the Chechnya-Ingushetia (Russian Federation), is reported from the same host insect in Poland. Out of 45 examined adult beetles 19 were parasitized. Morphometric analysis of G. vizri trophozoites and gamonts observed in the digestive tract of host specimens originating from Russian Federation and from Poland showed a significant similarity.
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The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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