Prevalence rates of microsporidia in locusts and grasshoppers in South-Western Russia
Journal: BIO Web of Conferences
Year: 2020

Locusts and grasshoppers are dangerous polyphagous pests of agricultural crops. In the present paper, results of screening of Acridoidea populations in the South-Western Russia for microsporidia infections including locusts Locusta migratoria , Dociostaurus maroccanus , and Calliptamus italicus and grasshoppers Chorthippus loratus , Oedipoda caerulescens , and Acrida bicolor, are presented . Microsporidia prevalence rates were estimated using light microscopy of fresh smears. Out of 179 specimen