Jj. Lipa et al., A NEWLY RECORDED ENTOMOPOXVIRUS-B IN ANACRIDIUM-AEGYPTIUM (ORTHOPTERA, ACRIDIDAE), Biocontrol science and technology, 4(3), 1994, pp. 343-345
An entomopoxvirus infecting fat body cells of Anacridium aegyptium is
reported. Spheroid virus occlusion bodies, ranging in size from 3 to 8
mu m, contain virions 336-356 nm long and 210-217 nm wide. The virion
ultrastructure indicates that the newly discovered virus belongs to t
he genus Entomopoxvirus B known to infect Lepidoptera and Orthoptera.