Abstract
In the present study, one cephaline (septate) gregarine and mermithid infections were reported from the Cantharidae family for the first time. These infections were determined from different populations of Cantharis livida L. 1758 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) in Turkey. During the observations, the main life stages of the current gregarine like trophozoite, gamont associative form (syzygy) and gametocyst stages were observed. The gamont stage which separated into two parts by septum as protomerite and deutomerite was the most common stage in the host gut and ovocylindrical gamonts measured 240.4 ± 29.0 (154.5-306.2; n=40) μm in length. The mermithid infection was observed only in two samples which were collected from Rize (total infection rate 3.22%). The determined juvenile forms were measured 270-281 μm in width and 68.6-79.98 mm in length.
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