title: Orthosomella lipae sp. n. (Microsporidia) a parasite of the weevil, Liophloeus lentus Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
abstract: A new microsporidium, Orthosomella lipae sp. n., was isolated from the outer ovariole sheath, trophic chambers, oocytes, somatic tissues and eggs of adults of the weevil, Liophloeus lentus Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from southern Poland. Morphological and life cycle characteristics revealed using light and electron microscopy, place this new species within the Unikaryonidae. However, the 16S rDNA phylogeny indicates that it is associated with the genus Orthosomella.
authors.affiliation: Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warsaw, Poland. mykola@twarda.pan.pl
authors.forename: Mykola
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ovcharenko
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Świątek
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ironside
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Skalski
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011044:Poland; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D048889:Weevils / Q000469:parasitology*