Aquatic tetrasporoblastic microsporidia from caddis flies (Insecta, Trichoptera): Characterisation, phylogeny and taxonomic reevaluation of the genera Episeptum Larsson, 1986, Pyrotheca Hesse, 1935 and Cougourdella Hesse, 1935.

Abstract

Seven microsporidian species (four new) infecting caddis fly larvae, corresponding to conventional genera Episeptum, Pyrotheca and Cougourdella were studied using light and electron microscopy and rDNA sequencing.

Keywords

• Microsporidia
• rDNA phylogeny
• invertebrate pathology
• parasitology