| Adelina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Conoidasida |
| Order: | Eucoccidiorida |
| Family: | Adeleidae |
| Subfamily: | Ithaniinae |
| Genus: | Adelina Hesse |
Adelina is a genus of alveolates within the phylum Apicomplexa. They are coccidian parasites of arthropods and oligochaetes. [1] Host orders include Coleoptera , Diptera , Collembola , Embioptera , Lepidoptera and Orthoptera .
The genus was created by Hesse in 1911 to accommodate a number of species within the genus Adelea that differed significantly: the sporocysts in Adelina are fewer in number than in Adelea and are spherical instead of being discoidal. The type species is Adelina octospora Hesse.
Members of this genus have spherical or subspherical oocysts. The sporocysts are spherical and thick-walled.
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Chagasella is a genus of parasitic alveolates of the phylum Apicomplexa. Species in this genus infect insects of the order Hemiptera and of the family Termitoidae.
Diaspora is a genus in the phylum Apicomplexa, first described by Leger in 1898.
Epieimeria is a genus of parasitic alveaolates of the phylum Apicomplexa.
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Nephroisospora is a genus of parasites that infects bats
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