Cephaline Gregarines of Purulia District, West Bengal, India

摘要

On way of survey in the Jhalda block of Purulia district, altogether 44 insect species belonging to 3 orders have been examined.Of these 14 species of insects have been found with cephaline gregarine infection. It is revealed that, most of the recorded cephaline gregarine parasites belonged to Gregarina, Hirmocystis, Stylocephalus, Quadruspinospora, Phleobum, Retractocephalus, Odonaticola, Pileocephalus, Steinina and Laterospora genera. Though infestation is species specific, occurrence of two species of gregarines in the same host at the same time is well documented.