The Coccidian Genus Barroussia

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski1, Steve J. Upton2, and Lee Couch1

1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
2Division of Biology, Kansas State University

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Updated: 2 May 1999
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
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The genus Barroussia (=Barrouxia) Schneider, 1885 has thus far only been reported from invertebrates and is characterized by oocysts with numerous sporocysts, each sporocyst with a bivalved wall and containing a single sporozoite. Levine (1983) reestablished the family Barroussiidae Leger, 1911 and included several genera (Barroussia, some Eimeria (=Goussia) spp., and Defretinella) based on the presence of longitudinally bivalved sporocysts (Levine, 1983). We do not consider the presence of sporocyst sutures a characteristic sufficient enough to warrent re-establishing the family Barroussiidae; thus, we retain the genus Barroussia within the family Eimeriidae.

Barrouxia alpina Leger, 1898

Hosts: Lithobius castaneus, L. forficatus, L. pilicornis (Arthropoda: Chilopodasida)
Reference: Leger 1898

Barrouxia belostomatis Carini, 1942

Hosts: Belostoma horvathi, B. plebejum (Arthropoda: Hemipterorida)
Reference: Carini 1942

Barrouxia bulini Triffit, Buckley, & McDonald, 1932

Host: Isidora tropica (=Bulinus tropicus) (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Reference: Triffit et al. 1932

Barrouxia caudata Leger 1897

Synonym: Urobarroussia caudata (Leger, 1898) Mesnil, 1903
Host: Lithobius martini (Arthropoda: Chilopodasida)
References: Grasse 1953; Leger 1898a, 1898b; Mesnil 1903

Barrouxia labbei (Leger 1897) Levine, 1980

Synonym: Echinospora labbei Leger, 1897
Host: Lithobius mutabilis (Arthropoda: Chilopodasida)
References: Grasse 1953; Leger 1897b, 1898b; Levine 1980

Barrouxia legeri Schellack & Reichenow, 1913

Synonym: Barroussia schneideri Leger, 1897, pro parte
Host: Lithobius impressus (Arthropoda: Chilopodasida)
References: Leger 1897a; Schellack & Reichenow 1913

Barrouxia ornata Schneider, 1886

Synonym: Eimeria nepae Schneider, 1887
Host: Nepa rubra (=Nepa cinerea) (Hemipterorida)
References: Lipa 1966; Schneider 1886; 1887

Barrouxia schneideri (Butschli, 1882) Schellack & Reichenow, 1913

Synonym: Barroussia legeri Schellack & Reichenow, 1913, pro parte
Synonym: Eimeria schneideri Butschli, 1882
Host: Lithobius forficatus (Arthropoda: Chilopodasida)
References: Ball 1982; Ball & Pattilo 1983a, 1983b; Butschli 1881; 1882; Canning 1962; 1963;
Reyer 1937a, 1937b; Schellack 1912; Schellack & Reichenow 1913; Vivier et al. 1970; Wedekind 1927

Barrouxia spiralis Averinzev, 1909

Host: Cerebratulus sp. (Nemertini)
References: Averinzev 1909a, 1909b, 1916

Barrouxia ventricosa (Leger 1898) Levine, 1980

Synonym: Echinospora ventricosa Leger, 1898
Host: Lithobius hexodus (Arthropoda: Chilopodasida)
References: Grasse 1953; Leger 1898b; Levine 1980

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Ball, S.J. 1982. Ultrastructural observations on Barroussia schneideri (Apicomplexa, Eucoccidiida) in the centipede Lithobius forficatus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 39: 229-235.

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