A New Eugregarine of Locusts, <i>Gregarina garnhami</i> n.sp., parasitic in <i>Schistocerca gregaria</i> Forsk.

Abstract

SUMMARY. The structure and life history of a new species of eugregarine, Gregarina garnhami n.sp., is described from the intestinal caeca and mid‐gut of Schistocerca gregaria Forsk. The parasite destroys considerable areas of the caecal epithelium and in cases of heavy infection, the masses of parasites present in the mid‐gut result in the formation of localized barriers between the gut wall and the food material in the lumen. The cephalont and sporont stages of gregarines from Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. &amp; F. and Anacrydium aegyptium Linn. are shown to be similar to those from Schistocerca gregaria and are believed to belong to the same species.