Coelomomyces psorophorae var. psorophorae (Phycomycetes: Blastocladiales) in Aedes caspius (Diptera: Culicidae) in North Eastern Italy

Abstract

Coelomomyces psorophorae var. psorophorae is herein reported for the first time in Italy in nine out of 2,207 adults of Aedes caspius examined. In parasitized mosquitoes the abdomen was packed with yellow-brown, ovoid resting sporangia with morphological features (size, shape, wall ornamentation and dehiscence slit), defined via light and electronmicroscopy, allowing the classification of the parasite as C. psorophorae var. psorophorae.