Pleistophora malthodes sp. n. (Microsporidia,Protozoa)—eine neue Mikrosporidie aus Malthodes fuscus Waltl. (Cantharidae,Coleoptera)

A new microsporidian parasite,Pleistophora malthodes sp. n. was found inMalthodes fuscus Waltl. (Cantharidae, Coleoptera) collected in soil samples of mixed leaf forests of Lower Saxony (Federal Republic of Germany). This is a first report on a microsporidian parasite of Coleopteran family:Cantharidae. The spore, as the only stage found in fat body of adult hosts, has been shown by light and electron microscopy.Pleistophora malthodes sp. n. is characterized by two types of spores: the round-oval shaped spores, measuring 1.2–1.5×0.8 μm, and long-oval spores measuring 1.5–2×1.2μm. The ultrastructure of the long-oval spore show the exospore, endospore, an anchoring disc of polar tube, the polar tube, nucleus, 5–6 tubes of polar filament, polaroplast with its characteristic lamellar-structure and a posterior-vacuole.     

水翁、海南蒲桃、蒲桃、洋蒲桃

水翁(水泱)桃金娘科常绿乔木,高10~16m。枝下高2~4m,树皮厚,灰褐色,嫩枝压扁或近四棱形;树冠圆形。叶对生,薄革质,长圆形至椭圆形,长8~12cm,宽4~8cm,