ISSN:
1550-7408
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
SYNOPSIS. Glossina palpalis R-D 1830 and G. pallicera Bigot 1891 in northwest Liberia were found to be infected with a flagellate parasite which never invaded the mouthparts. The parasite occurred as a number of distinctive crithidial and trypanosomal forms, and although infection was commonly confined to the midgut, it occasionally extended into the hind-gut; infections of the hindgut only were rare. The parasites also infected the coelomic cavity of the host. Attempts to produce further developmental stages in N.N.N. medium, rat, crocodile, varanid and hen failed. There are morphological similarities between the parasite and some developmental stages of Trypanosoma grayi Novy 1906, but reasons are advanced why the two forms do not belong to the same, but possibly to closely related species.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1964.tb01727.x
