8 NEW SPECIES OF MICROSPORIDIA (MICROSPORA) FROM ARGENTINE MOSQUITOS (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE)

Seven new species of Amblyospora and one of Paratheolohania are descri bed from larvae of neotropical mosquitoes: Aedes albifasciatus, Aedes crinifer, Anopheles evansae, Culex dolosus, Culex tramazayguesi, Manso nia indubitans, Psorophora ferox, and Uranotaenia nataliae. This is th e first formal description of microsporidia from mosquitoes in Argenti na and the first report of an Amblyospora sp. from the genus Uranotaen ia. New species were distinguished on the basis of meiospore morpholog y and presumed host specificity. The proposed new species are Amblyosp ora albifasciati n. sp., Amblyospora criniferis n. sp., Amblyospora do losi n. sp., Amblyospora ferocis n. sp., Amblyospora indubitantis n. s p., Amblyospora nataliae n. sp., Amblyospora tramazayguesi n. sp., and Parathelohania evansae n. sp. A complete list of all of the described species of Parathelohania from mosquitoes is given. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.