Abstract
Summary Amblyospora senegalensis n. sp. is a new microsporidian parasite of the mosquito Culex thalassius from Senegal. It infests the adipose tissue of larvae. Gamonts, gametes, meroginial and sporogonial stages were observed by using light and electron microscopy. The octosporoblastic sporogony involves meiosis to produce eight thick-walled meiospores in a sporophorous vesicle. The meiospores are barrel-shaped, uninucleate, haploid and measure 6.72 ± 0.51 × 4.07 ± 0.13 µm. The polaroplast is lamellar and the polar filament is anisofilar with 9 coils. The metabolic granules are large and are either electron-dense or strewn with lucent zone.
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