%0 Journal Article
%T Clitellocephalus ophoni (Tuzet et Ormi¨¨res, 1956) (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Gregarinidae) recorded in Poland on strawberry seed beetle Harpalus (Ophonus) rufipes (De Geer, 1774) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
%A Pawe  Sienkiewicz
%A Jerzy J. Lipa
%J Biological Letters
%@ 1734-7467
%D 2009
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10120-009-0013-1
%X The eugregarine Clitellocephalus ophoni (Tuzet et Ormi¨¨res, 1956), originally recorded and described on the strawberry seed beetle Harpalus (Ophonus) rufipes (De Geer, 1774) collected in France, is now reported from the same host insect in Poland. It is a new protozoan species in Polish fauna. Out of 280 adult beetles collected in Poland, 21 were parasitized by gregarines, but only 3 by C. ophoni. A morphometric and morphological analysis of C. ophoni trophozoites and gamonts found in the digestive tract of host specimens in France and Poland indicated a significant similarity. The prevalence of C. ophoni is low (about 1%), but the community of gregarines with prevalence of 8% could be an important factor of environmental resistance.
%K Clitellocephalus ophoni Apicomplexa
%K Eugregarinida
%K strawberry seed beetle
%K Harpalus rufipes
%K Coleoptera
%K Carabidae
%K Poland
%K biocontrol agent
%K prevalence
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/eg6045425382ut7m/?p=71a4c65ce9d542cc9e18377b7a6eb69f&pi=5