New Spiroplasma in parasitic Leptus mites and their Agathemera walking stick hosts from Argentina

• Published in: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology
• Main Authors: DiBlasi, Emily, Morse, Solon, Mayberry, Jason R., Avila, Luciano Javier, Morando, Mariana, Dittmar, Katharina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Agathemera; Host-Parasite Interactions; Leptus; Mite Vector; Phylogeny; Spiroplasma; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Morse; Mite; morse
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/83153

Here we report the presence of Spiroplasma 16S rRNA in populations of two parasitic Leptus mites (Leptus sayi; Leptus lomani) and their Agathemera walking stick hosts. In walking sticks Spiroplasmas were detected in the gut, as well as muscle-tissues, but not in eggs. Throughout Argentina 15.4% of L...