Eight new species of microsporidia (Microspora) from argentine mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)

Abstract

Seven new species of Amblyospora and one of Parathelohania are described from larvae of neotropical mosquitoes: Aedes albifasciatus, Aedes crinifer, Anopheles evansae, Culex dolosus, Culex tramazayguesi, Mansonia indubitans, Psorophora ferox and Uranotaenia nataliae . This is the first formal description of microsporidia from mosquitoes in Argentina and the first report of an Amblyospora sp. from the genus Uranotaenia . New species were distinguished on the basis of meiospore morphology and presumed host specificity. The proposed new species are Amblyospora albifasciati n. sp., Amblyospora criniferis n. sp., Amblyospora dolosi n. sp., Amblyospora ferocis n. sp., Amblyospora indubitantis n. sp., Amblyospora nataliae n. sp., Amblyospora tramazayguesi n. sp., and Parathelohania evansae n. sp. A complete list of all of the described species of Parathelohania from mosquitoes is given.