Northernmost occurrences of the protistan pathogen, Coelomomyces stegomyiae var. stegomyiae.
Now reported as parasitizing the ovaries of female Aedes albopictus on Kabeshima (33.33N x 129.53E), Coelomomyces stegomyiae var. stegomyiae had been found earlier in larvae of this mosquito on Mikura-jima (33.53N x 139.35E). These findings from 2 widely separated little Japanese islands constitute the parasite's most northerly records to date. Few previous reports of Coelomomyces spp., none concerning C. stegomyiae, have involved adult mosquitoes. Possible reasons for this are advanced.
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Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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D000330:Aedes / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D007564:Japan; D010053:Ovary / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity