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Genus Phleobum Haldar and Chakraborty, 1974 is one of the important genera of septate gregarine (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida: Hirmocystidae), observed in the gut of grasshoppers. So far nine species of the genus Phleobum has been described but there is no report of ultrastructural study. The present study records the ultrastructural details of Phleobum elliptica inhabiting the gut lumen of the grasshopper Atractomorpha crenulata (Insecta: Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Under SEM, both the protomerite and deutomerite are found to be entirely covered with longitudinal, parallel pellicular folds, which are either straight or undulating in nature. A deep constriction is present at the junction of protomerite and deutomerite. Folds of the gamont are not continuous from the tip to bottom, rather interrupted at the region of septum. Protomerite bears protuberance like apical uplifted area, delimited by a deep groove. Association are caudo-frontal. Anterior end of satellite bears sucker like structure which receive the pointed end of the primate’s deutomerite.
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Senior author is grateful to the authorities of Budbud Mahakali High School for permitting her to carry out the work. Authors are also grateful to Mr Srikanta Chakraborty, technical officer of USIC, The University of Burdwan, for his kind assistance and support during SEM imaging.
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Sil, A., Mondal, S. & Modak, B.K. Ultra Structural Studies of the Septate Gregarine Phleobum elliptica Modak et al., 2011. Proc Zool Soc 72, 32–36 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12595-017-0230-2
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