Adelina (Apicomplexa)

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.

Adelina
Adelina sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Conoidasida
Order:	Eucoccidiorida
Family:	Adeleidae
Subfamily:	Ithaniinae
Genus:	Adelina Hesse

Taxonomy

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.

Species

• Adelina akidum Leger 1900
• Adelina collembolae Purrini 1984
• Adelina castana Ghosh, Choudhruy, Misra 2000
• Adelina cryptocerci Yarwood 1937
• Adelina domidiata Schneider 1885
• Adelina doronis Hauschka, 1943
• Adelina melolonthae Tuzet et al 1965
• Adelina mesnili Perez 1903
• Adelina octospora Hesse 1911
• Adelina palori Ghosh, Choudhruy, Misra 2000
• Adelina picei Ghosh, Choudhruy, Misra 2000
• Adelina riouxi Levine 1977
• Adelina schellacki Ray and Dasgupta 1937
• Adelina sericesthis Weiser and Beard 1959
• Adelina simplex Schneider 1885
• Adelina tenebrionis Sautet 1930
• Adelina tipulae Leger 1897
• Adelina transita Leger 1904
• Adelina tribolii Bhatia 1937
• Adelina zonula Moroff 1906

Description

Members of this genus have spherical or subspherical oocysts. The sporocysts are spherical and thick-walled.