Lipotropha

Lipotropha is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.^[1]

Lipotropha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Neogregarinorida
Family:	Lipotrophidae
Genus:	Lipotropha Keilin, 1923
Species
Lipotropha caliphorae Lipotropha dorci Lipotropha microspora Lipotropha milloti Lipotropha macrospora

Species in this genus infect insects and myriapods.

Taxonomy

This genus was created by David Keilin in 1923.^[2][3]

The type species is Lipotropha macrospora.

Description

The schizogonic and sporogomic stages are intracellular.

The oocyst contains sixteen spores.

Each spore has eight sporozoites.

Host records

Parasites in this genus infect Systenus species.

References

1. Ormières R, Tuzet, Odette, Vago C et al (1969) Lipotropha dorci n. sp. [Neogregarinida], parasite des larves de Dorcus parallelipipedus L. [Coleopt. scarab.] BioControl 14 S359-368
2. Keilin D (1923) The structure and life-history of Lipotropha n.g., a new type of Schizogregarine, parasitic in the fat-body of a Dipterous larva (Systenus). Proc Cambridge Phil Soc Biol Sci 1: 18
3. Annales de parasitologie humaine et comparée. Encyclopédie des sciences médico-biologiques. Section--Parasitologie (in French). Masson. 1965. p. 709. Retrieved 24 June 2019. David Keilin, éminent biochimiste, membre de la Royal Society, qui découvrit en ... des Grégarines (Dendrorhynchus, Caulleryella, Allantocystis, Schizocystis, Lipotropha) ou des Ciliés (Lambornella).