. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 398 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM on the top of the mountain in dry situations, usually under loose stones or small rocks perched on top of boulders. They were found usually in small groups of about half a dozen adults, mostly females, with large numbers of small nymphs. The females are apterous but the males, which are few in number, are winged. (Only 7 out of 100 individuals examined were males.) Two distinct species were found in this host which have been named Gregarina sandoni and Gregarina
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 398 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM on the top of the mountain in dry situations, usually under loose stones or small rocks perched on top of boulders. They were found usually in small groups of about half a dozen adults, mostly females, with large numbers of small nymphs. The females are apterous but the males, which are few in number, are winged. (Only 7 out of 100 individuals examined were males.) Two distinct species were found in this host which have been named Gregarina sandoni and Gregarina Fig. 6. Gregarina gibbsi n. sp., section of epimerite in situ showing effect on host tissues, d. c. degenerated cells, e. epimerite. n. nucleus. X 360. Infection. These statistics were obtained from 100 individual hosts: Adult of both sexes infected Males infected Females infected Gregarina sandoni 38 per cent 29 per cent 39 per cent Gregarina impetuosa 6 per cent 14 per cent 5 per cent As will be seen G. sandoni was found more often than G. impetuosa. Only one host was at all heavily infected with G. impetuosa and that was a male. Only 13 per cent of the hosts infected with G. sandoni were heavily Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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