DESCRIPTION OF HAEMOPROTEUS CANACHITES N. SP. (SPOROZOA:HAEMOPROTEIDAE) AND SPOROGONY IN CULICOIDES (DIPTERA:CERATOPOGONIDAE)

1 June 1960

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Vol. 38 (3) , 455-464
https://doi.org/10.1139/z60-049

Abstract

Haemoproteus canachites n. sp. is described from stained blood smears from a spruce grouse (Canachites canadensis L.). The sporogonic cycle in Culicoides sphagnumensis Williams is described and illustrated. Infection was produced in ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus L.) injected with sporozoites from biting midges in which sporogony had taken place. The cycle is similar to that for Haemoproteus nettionis (Johnson and Cleland) in Culicoides.

Keywords

SPRUCE
HAEMOPROTEUS CANACHITES
BITING MIDGES
JOHNSON
SPOROGONY
SPOROZOA
CULICOIDES
HAEMOPROTEIDAE

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

The Blood Parasites of the Blue Grouse
Science, 1946