<i>Licinophilus depressus</i> n. gen., sp. n. (Eugregarinida: Stenophoridae) from Licinus depressus (Coleoptera: Carabidae).

ABSTRACT: The paper focuses on a new species of gregarines-Licinophilus depressus n. gen. sp. n., which was found in Licinus depressus (Paykull, 1790) (Coleoptera, Carabidae). The individuals of L. depressus ground beetle were collected on the bank of the Dnipro River, Ukraine and examined for the presence of gregarines in the guts. In the parasites discovered in the midguts, we measured the morphological parameters and their ratios, analyzing how they change in relation to the age of the specimens. According to our measurements, the species turned out to be incomparable to any of the ones described in the scientific literature. Because the gregarine specimens formed syzygies at late stages, were observed to have monogenous life cycle and a septum between the protomerite and deu

SUBMITTER: Lazurska V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12495951 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature