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Seven new microsporidian parasites of springtails (Collembola) in the Federal Republic of Germany

Sieben neue Mikrosporidien-Arten der Springschwänze (Collembola) aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Three new species ofNosema (N. lepidocyrti, N. onychiurus andN. petrosa), oneEncephalitozoon (E. flavescens) two species ofThelohania (T. bomboschi andT. collembolae) and a new genusAuraspora n.g. withA. canningae were described from Collembola in soil samples of Lower Saxony, Federal Republic of Germany.

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Obwohl die Springschwänze (Collembola) als wichtige Streuzersetzer seit langem Gegenstand bodenbiologischer Forschung sind, gab es bisher keine Hinweise auf das Vorkommen pathogener Protozoen als Parasiten dieser Insekten. Im Rahmen einer vergleichenden Bodentieruntersuchung in verschiedenen Waldstandorten Niedersachsens wurden 1320 Collembolen auf Parasitierung durch pathogene Protozoen geprüft. Dabei konnten erstmals Mikrosporidien (Microsporida, Protozoa) als Krankheitserreger von Collembolen festgestellt werden. Sie werden neu beschrieben:Nosema lepidocyrti sp.n. inLepidocyrtus lignorum Tullberg (Tomoceridae),Nosema onychiurus sp.n. inOnychiurus quadriocellatus Gisin (Onychiuridae),Nosema petrosa sp.n. inLepidocyrtus cyaneus Tullberg (Tomoceridae),Thelohania bomboschi sp.n. inTomocerus flavescens Tullberg (Tomoceridae),Thelohania collembolae sp.n. inL. lignorum undT. flavescens, Encephalitozoon flavescens sp.n. inT. flavescens.

Eine Art ist keinem bekannten Genus zuzuordnen:Auraspora gen.n.canningae sp.n. inL. lignorum.

Der nachgewiesene Mikrosporidienbefall betrug beiO. quadriocellatus 3% (n=220),L. lignorum 7% (n=130),T. flavescens 8%(n=193) andL. cyaneus 6% (n=63).

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  1. Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences, Pragúe, ČSSR

    Jaroslav Weiser

  2. Institute of Forest Zoology, University of Göttingen, Büsgenweg 3, D-3400, Göttingen-Weende, Federal Republic of Germany

    Kurtesh Purrini

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Weiser, J., Purrini, K. Seven new microsporidian parasites of springtails (Collembola) in the Federal Republic of Germany. Z. Parasitenkd. 62, 75–84 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00925368

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